The insurrection as well as the conspiracy and civil war that followed it, suffered from the first from the great diversity of aims of those who took part in it. Many sought no more than a free Parliament, complete toleration for the Catholic religion, a rescinding of the land confiscations and fixity of tenure in future. Others looked to the more or less complete overthrow of the English power in Ireland, or at least to the reducing of it to a mere ... Read More