The Reformation affected the Irish population by drawing attention to the inattention given to the country by its English rulers. The Irish population had its own culture and experienced a renaissance of Catholicism during the English Reformation. The impact of the Reformation in Ireland at this time was that it created a greater divide between the Irish and English populations and further changed the way Ireland was governed. The Catholic Church had undergone a revival during the period before the Reformation. English landowners invested in religious buildings and relics to improve their social status, and this renewed interest in religion spread to create a new fever within the Irish community. Areas such as Galway, Cork and Limerick had links with mendicant friars, which would further fuel the region's religious feelings. Grearey argues that the Irish population was not European, but instead relied on the Catholic Church to unite the mixed population of Irish and English. This ended when George Browne, Archbishop of Dublin, was sent to Ireland to ensure the success of the Reformation. When Henry VIII sent the archbishop to Ireland to implement the policies of the Reformation, he changed the face of Irish-English relations as they stood. Henry VIII "destroyed every vestige of Irish sovereignty by his unilateral accession to the kingship of Ireland, waged an unjust war against his own supposed subjects, destroyed the economy, debauched the currency, plundered the Church of Ireland and England of an accumulation of 800 years”. of wealth held in trust as “the patrimony of the poor” and created the class of the poor.” Middle of paper ...... the Kildare revolt would be "a large garrison of English troops quartered in the Pale", thus ending the lip service to the Reformation that occurred during the tenure of Lord Deputy Grey. due to a lack of military support. It is no wonder that the common religious bond dissipated and the change from a monarchy that paid little attention to the Irish to one that sent troops to enforce the edicts, that the Reformation changed the relationship between the Irish and the English in a relationship of deep animosity. While a few, like the bishops, were able to walk the fine lines between Ireland, England and Rome, many would use the Reformation, like the Kildare Rebellion, as an excuse to take up arms and declare independence Irish. The Reformation caused a divide which, to this day, remains unrepaired between the English and Irish populations, and which goes beyond religious beliefs..