Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Secret Societies The misery and discontent prevailing all over tlie country at this time gave origin to various oath- bound societies, by which the country was for many years disturbed.g The Whiteboys who first rose up in 1761, were so called because they wore white shirts over their coats when out on their nightly [...]

Above: Progress Towards Parliamentary Independence In 1762 a bill was passed in the Irish parliament to enable Catholics to lend money on the security of land : but it was suppressed in England : and in the following year it was rejected in the Irish parliament on the ground that it would tend to throw [...]