Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

The industrial distress, which had come to be the habitual state of things in Ireland, had been aggravated in 1770 and the following years by a series of embargoes placed by the English Privy Council on the export of Irish provisions to foreign countries. These crippled and eventually almost destroyed one of the only two [...]

Above: Picture of Sir Edward Poyning Henry was determined to assert his authority, at least over his own officials and Parliament. Sir Edward Poynings was sent across as Lord Deputy in 1494, and Kildare joined him in an uneventful expedition to the north. Poynings had been accompanied by a full set of new officials and [...]