Why couldn't the Romans conquer Ireland?

It's too cold, too wet and you can't grow wine or olives here. Hibernia basically means winter in Latin.

The conquest of Britannia is one of the greatest contrasts between Caligula and Claudius. While the first was a madman obsessed with becoming a god whose delusions brought him early death and damnation, his crippled uncle (whom he marginalized for years) achieved everything he could not, conquering Britain and being declared a god after his death. Without a doubt good old Claudius got the last laugh

As someone who lives in Ireland | couldn't imagine people coming from warm Italy and saying, I want to settle here

There was an excavation in Charlestown, Ireland 🇮🇪 in Dublin where a few university historians discovered Roman coins and religious material .

Caligula's war against Nepture is such a shitpost lol

Julius Caesar wasn't named the "general in charge of conquering Gaul", in fact he did so against the wishes of the Senate and essentially on his own dime along with the support of Crassus and Pompey. He basically used a migrating Tribe entering Roman Territory as an excuse to conquer Gaul

"I'll tell you this. If the sword is all that you're prepared to show us Britons, then be prepared to carry it forever in your hand... and sleep with it forever by your side at night! For you will need it!" Caratacus' speech in the Roman Senate

It was king tuathal techtmar. One of the greatest irish high kings that ever lived. That mans story alone is legendary and deserves a movie. His family got massacred and he and his mother fled to Argicola when he was just a child. Argicola raised him as his own and educated him in the roman ways . He even hired a bunch of Irish exiled warriors to be his protection. These became known as the legendary na fianna. 600 of na fianna and tuathal reconquerd ireland. The romans thought they had a puppet in place but tuathtal turned on his roman paymasters and argicola . He invaded both wales and scoland and he started those rebellions in the Highlands. Argicola got recalled to rome over it. End of his career. As he had to withdraw from the Highlands. The legends of fionn mc cool and na fianna stories all come from tuathals dynasty. Some historian's point out that it was during tuathals reign that he was able to asert a lot of control over all the scotti tribes in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, that the romans never again invaded Scotland in that kind of force and Ireland was forever off the table of conquest. which ended up with the romans building hydrians wall . Even niall of the nine hostages " the guy in the saint patricks story" was a decendant of tuathals. Niall got wacked because he demanded tribune of king of leinster . A tribute that was paid since tuathals time. Most of the roman settlements and trading post's that have been found in ireland recently date back to tuathals regin. He kept trading with rome but turned on argicola and ousted him as governor of britianna. Argicola and tuathal need a movie. Its the strory when a great roman general was bested by a barbarian king. They never had a pitched battle. Tuathtal use to invade Britain wrile up the tribes. Then jump back on the boat and be gona by the time argicola come. Tuathals dynasty ruled part's of ireland right up till the ulster plantations. Even parts of king charles crown jewels are tuathals. History is written by the Victor's. However ireland and Scotland is one place they couldn't win. So they overlook it. All dowb to a guy named tuthal techtmar. A man that had been largely written out of history because he took on a superpower and won. He always does get a wee footnite in argicolas story. They always mention the exiled irish prince.

A lot of people saying Ireland had nothing going for it, there was a lot of gold and jewellery being crafted in Ireland centuries before and after the Roman Empire

"The worst Winter I ever experienced was April in Hibernia"-- Unknown Roman soldier.

People talking about weather and climate of Ireland. Nope. It's the sea. England is relatively easy to get to from France. The Irish and celtic sea that divides Ireland from both landmasses are quite difficult to navigate for roman era sea faring technology. Just not worth it

Not only did the Romans ultimately decide that Ireland was not worth the cost of conquest, but Scotland, also, represented a poor return on investment. It was more profitable to wall it off (Hadrian and Antonius Pius) and enlarge the empire in other areas (Dacia/Romania and the Parthian frontier). Ultimately, Britain fell due to attacks from three sides, with attacks from Ireland and Scotland splitting the Roman defense allowing the Saxons to take over.

I’m from Belfast and my family name goes back to the old Gaelic lords of Clanbrassil in Oriel under the Northern Uí Néill. In one of the earliest tracts mentioning the family name it says an ancestor was Toirdelbach ‘The Wine Drinker’. I thought ah sweet, he liked a drink just like we still do but then I realised it wasn’t on account of drunkenness but a status nickname because he was powerful enough to bring in wine from the Mediterranean, which shows there was trade between the Mediterranean world and Ireland for millennia.

So a bit of rain and the mighty roman soldiers turned their boats around? They feared the Scots and probably met fierce resistance in Ireland but they would never write that.

Hibernia does not mean "winter" in relation to Ireland. It's a derivation of Ivernia, as the island was named by the Greek Ptolemy, who drew the first known maps of Ireland and Britain around 100BC. Ivernia probably derives from Ierne, from the goddess Eriu.

And Irish monks played an important in christanizing northern Europe and Germania

They didn’t even conquer Scotland

The leprechauns were to much to deal with

I realize that this is a very snapshot view of many events but all very interesting, well done and thank you.

Nice video! Well put together!