"It's not so much intolerance as the Crown government deciding 'hey, we decided that we don't like the idea of you being independent, Ireland, so we're going to occupy you for a while until you calm down', which promptly caused an actual rebellion, because people are predictable, which didn't work because the government was better-armed." Wyn is not exactly the most impartial observer, mostly because a: she wasn't alive during most of it and b: she's Irish.