Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: The State Religion King Henry died in 1547, and was succeeded by his son Edward VI, then a boy of nine years old. His death removed all check to the Reformation, which was now pushed forward vigorously in England. In 1551, the fifth year of Edward’s reign, the chief Protestant doctrines and forms of [...]

Above: The Plantations In the time of queen Mary, who succeeded Edward VI in 1553, an entire change was made in the mode of dealing with Irish territories whose chiefs had been subdued. Hitherto whenever the government de- posed or banished a troublesome chief, they contented themselves with putting in his place another, commonly English [...]