[Errigal]

Originally Posted by Erasmus

* it is ahistorical to try to create a picture of ethnic composition in medieval Bosnian polity by selectively referencing modern national or ethnic name that pops up now and then in various documents or historical works that describe periods in Bosnian history. One can tally ethnic traits of medieval Bosnian rulers and find either Croat or Serb characteristics in the list. However, such simplistic approach is dated and discarded: there is no sign that population of pre-Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina, whichever social stratum, had developed Croatian or Serbian ethnic consciousness even in a medieval sense of the word.

This important point needs to be made when looking at Irish history as well. One of the similarities between the Balkans and Ireland is that they are frontier territories where rival cultural/ethnic/religious groupings meet up.