Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: The Leading Spirit This great rebellion was brought about by the measures taken to extirpate the Catholic religion; by the plantations of Chichester and Stratford; and by the non-confirmation of the graces, which made the people despair of redress. There were complaints from every side about religious hardships. As to the. plantations, no one [...]

Confederation of Kilkenny Hitherto the old Irish and the old Anglo-Irish Catholics had acted without concert. Rut the Catholic clergy exerted themselves to bring about union; and on the 24th of October, 1642, a general assembly or parliament-delegates of the most distinguished persons from both sides-met in Kilkenny: this is known as the ” Confederation [...]