Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: The American War Lord Harcourt, coming as lord lieutenant in 1772, was well received by the leaders of the opposi- tion. On the assembling of parliament in October, 1773 a bill was introduced at his suggestion to put a tax of two shillings in the pound on the incomes of those absentee landlords who [...]

Above: Progress Towards Parliamentary Independence In 1762 a bill was passed in the Irish parliament to enable Catholics to lend money on the security of land : but it was suppressed in England : and in the following year it was rejected in the Irish parliament on the ground that it would tend to throw [...]