Weegy: Many Old English lords not only spoke the Irish language, but extensively patronized Irish poetry and music, and were described as Hiberniores Hibernis ipsis (more Irish than the Irish themselves). Intermarriage was also common. [ Moreover, in the wake of the Elizabethan conquest, the native population became defined by their shared religion, Roman Catholicism, in distinction to the new Church of England and Church of Scotland of settlers, and the officially Protestant (Church of Ireland) English administration in Ireland. During the decades in between the end of the Elizabethan wars of re-conquest in 1603 and the outbreak of rebellion in 1641, the political position of the wealthier landed Irish Catholics were increasingly threatened by the English government of Ireland. ] (More)