Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Illustration Picture Of Henry Grattan In the Irish Commons Henry Grattan, a young man of thirty-two who in 1775 had been elected to Parliament, moved that an address on the state of the country should be presented to the King (February 1778). But Government influence over the corrupt Assembly was strong, and the [...]

Above: The Dawn So far the popular party in Ireland had been successful all along; and their ideas grew with their success. They had obtained some relief for trade: they now resolved that their parliament, which was bound down by Poynings’ law and by the Sixth of George I, should also be free. On the [...]