Historian Jane Ohlmeyer reflects on Ireland’s difficult relationship with imperialism in the early modern period
Often described as England’s first colony, Ireland has a long – and deeply complicated – relationship with empire. Rhiannon Davies speaks to historian Jane Ohlmeyer to learn more about this complex picture, from how Ireland was a ‘laboratory of empire’ to how imperialism influenced the clothing people wore.
Jane Ohlmeyer is the author of Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism, and the Early Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2023)