Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Sir Henry Sydney The Fitzgeralds and the Butlers were at perpetual war. The earl of Desmond, the head of the southern Geraldines, was a Catholic, and took the Irisli side; the earl of Ormond, the leader of the Butlers, had conformed to the Protestant faith, and had taken the side of the English all [...]

Above: Poynings Law The accession in 1485, of Henry VII, who belonged to the Lancastrians, was the final triumph of that great party. At this time all the chief state offices in Ireland were held by the Geraldines; but as the new king felt that he could not govern the country without their aid, he [...]