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The  Isle of Man  became separated from Britain and Ireland by about 8000 BC. It appears that colonisation took place by sea sometime before  6500 BC . [1]  The island  has been visited by various  raiders  and  trading peoples  over the years. After being settled by people from Ireland in the first millennium, the Isle of Man was converted to Christianity and then suffered raids by  Vikings  from  Norway . After becoming subject to  suzerainty  to Norway as part of the  Kingdom of Mann and the Isles , the Isle of Man later became a possession of the Scottish and then English crowns. Mesolithic The Isle of Mann effectively became an island around 8,500 years ago when rising sea levels caused by the melting glaciers cut Mesolithic  Britain off from continental Europe for the last time. A land bridge had existed between the Isle of Man and Cumbria prior to this date, although the location and opening of the land-bridge remains poorly understood. [2] The earliest traces of people

The  Kingdom of Ireland  ( Irish :  Ríoghacht Éireann ,  Modern spelling :  Ríocht Éireann [2] ) refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of  Henry VIII  as King of Ireland by the  Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the  Act of Union  in 1800. It replaced the  Lordship of Ireland , which had been created in 1171. King  Henry VIII was  recognised  as  monarch of Ireland  by some Protestant powers in Europe, although not by the Catholic monarchies in Europe. However, his daughter  Mary I  was recognised as Queen of Ireland by the pope in 1555. The separate Kingdom of Ireland ceased to exist at the end of 1800, as Ireland joined with  Great Britain  to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  on the first day of 1801. Background and early history See also:  Norman invasion of Ireland  and  Tudor conquest of Ireland The papal bull  Laudabiliter  of Pope  Adrian IV  was issued in 1155. It granted the  Angevin   King Henry II of England the