Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

  Above : Painting Of Lord Castlereagh  The Parliament which, from 1782 to the Legislative Union of 1800, sat in Dublin is generally named, from the man to whose exertions the liberties which it enjoyed were chiefly due, ” Grattan’s Parliament.” We have seen that, within itself, it contained the elements which, after a short [...]

Above : Illustrating Picture Of Sir John Parnell (Sitting The In Middle) In A Meeting During the seven months which intervened before Parliament sat again the Government was not idle. Every effort was made to influence public opinion in favour of the Union, or, failing this, to produce at least an appearance of acquiescence or [...]