What makes Ireland the tutorial island in Crusader Kings II is that you have no powerful neighbors, unless Scotland or England gets their shit together preternaturally fast.
The main problem with small countries or countries in the spheres of others means that, while you have less to do, what you can do is circumscribed by the larger powers, so in some ways you have to work even harder to keep apprised of both their situation and your own. There's someone out there with the patience and determination to do a WC with Bhutan in Europa Universalis III, so nothing surprises me anymore. Pretty much every country has achieved world conquest or something like it in every Paradox game ever. Has anybody ever won WW2 with someplace like Morocco or Tunisia in HoI 2?
Ragnar then lives out the remainder of his years peacefully as Mayor, until his good friend King Murchad dies of old age. The plot succeeds, redeeming Ragnar for his past failure. Some years later, Ragnar is drawn in as an initial member of a plot to kill the King's daughter-in-law. After taking a generous gift of gold, Ragnar agrees to change the Succesion Rules, allowing Sean I Vanaman to become heir to the throne. After becoming a widower, Ragnar's opinion of the King eventually sours, leaving him as the crucial last vote to change the Rules of Succesion. 
A few years later Ragnar is called upon to lead the King's armies into battle in Ossory, and is victorious in securing and expansion to the empire. Many years pass, and Ragnar is given the title of Chancellor for one day, before quickly being replaced & stripped of the title. Soon after, Ragnar is pardoned for his crimes, retakes his place in Nenagh. After two years, the King shows a turn of heart, and turns down harsher punishment for Ragnar. 
In a rage, the King throws Ragnar in jail for his indiscretion. He mistakenly outs the secret plot in a drunken stupor. Ragnar is drawn into the King's plot to murder his brother. The Chronicles of Ragnar, Hero of Ireland, Thus Far:
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