Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: The Siege of Derry Tirconnell took immediate measures to secure Ireland for King James. He raised and armed an army of Catholics, and. disarmed the Protestants. He took possession of most of the important places through the country; but the people of Enniskillen refused to admit his garrison. Then began the War of tlie [...]

James In 1685 fames II succeeded his brother as king of England. He was a Roman Catholic, and his accession gave great joy to the Catholics of Ireland, and corresponding alarm to the Protestants. He soon entered on the dangerous task of gradually restoring tlie Catholic religion in both countries. Colonel Talbot (619;, a strict [...]