Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Painting Of Lord George Beresford In 1826 another Catholic Petition was presented, and met the same fate as its numerous predecessors. Direct political action was now resolved on. There was a Parliamentary vacancy in Waterford, and Lord George Beresford, brother of the Marquis of Waterford, expected to be returned unopposed. It was decided [...]

Above: Penal Code The Irish Catholics were now crushed and dispirited ; they were quite helpless, for their best men had gone to France; and all hope of resistance was at an end. They had, however, obtained tolerable con- ditions in the Treaty of Limerick; but here they were doomed to a bitter disappointment. The [...]