I dont want to justify the empire, imperialism or anything akin to that, primarily because i am vehemently opposed to any of those notions. I do not understand why the current gen of British citizens get the blame for 18-20th century european imperialism, im fairly sure that most are opposed to it. Ireland was a massive mistake, involving England and Scotland and Dutch on one side and the native Irish on the other. It was ridiculous and run by fucking moron who were on a self determined path to destroy Irish culture. Theres no justification and the only thing that can solve the current situation is time, if you want an example of that, the border between north and south is virtually non existant.