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People were a little preoccupied in the following centuries:

As I recall, other things were happening in Ireland at the time that were perhaps more relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynings%27_Law_(on_certificat...

For 300 years, they were running around too fucking hammered to invent anything!

My understanding is that for 300 years, they were being too busy being hammered by the Brits.