I compared the influence of the Vikings and the Plantation settlers in Ireland.
While there is an obvious connection between these two items, there are also a number of significant differences. The Vikings as well as the Plantation settlers came to Ireland from the outside, but their reasons for this were different. While the Vikings came because they were seeking wealthy places with food and artefacts to take, the Plantation settlers were strategically placed in Ireland. Their purpose was to spread Protestantism in order to strengthen the link to Britain. Both groups brought with them their own cultural backgrounds, but the assimilation process could not have been more different. The Viking settlers not only influenced Ireland by building settlements but also assimilated for instance by becoming Catholic. The Protestant settlers that had been brought to Ireland during the Plantation period, on the other hand, only imposed their views and beliefs on the Irish people. They were only successful inthe county of Ulster, which is now mainly Protestant, while the Vikings influenced a much greater part of Ireland. The settlers' and the Vikings' reasons for coming to Ireland and their ways of dealing with the culture they were confronted with may be poles apart, but it cannot be denied that both groups greatly shaped today's Ireland.
I am glad that I achieved such a high percentage for my text, but the Major No-No and the syntax problem I had annoy me. I was unsure of both of them while writing and proofreading but decided not to change them. While writing PC3 I am going to rephrase anything that seems odd right away.
