hybridity constitutes the lack of humanity, his... ... middle of paper ... ...ng it as bestial, it was easy enough to use the idea of hybridity to turn people against the Irish. Cohen goes on to explain that Gerald’s texts, including, “Topographia Hibernica are reductive texts that unabashedly glorify the invasion of Ireland” (94). History and Typography of Ireland, only made it more clear to his readers that something must be done for the Irish, because colonization would “help” the beasts. It