Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

In the midst of all this a Parliament (June 1556) was opened in Dublin, in the name of Mary and of Philip her husband. The ecclesiastical legislation of Henry VIII was reversed, but the grants of the abbey lands were confirmed. Two Acts relate to the Leix and Offaly settlement. The former asserts that ” [...]

Fitzwalter was furnished with precise instructions in regard to the carrying out of the scheme by which Leix and Offaly were to be planted with English settlers. Only a part of the boggy western lands was to be reserved for the native Irish. All, English and Irish alike, were to hold their lands from the [...]