Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Above : Painting Of Sir Francis Burdett
There can be no doubt that, amongst the Irish Catholics, it was the almost universal belief that the passing of the Act of Union would practically at once be followed by the removal of their remaining disabilities and their establishment on a footing of all around equality with their fellow-subjects. It is equally certain that it was mainly this belief which prevented them from offering a steady and united opposition to a measure which very few of them really liked.
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General Expectations Of The Catholics & Their Emancipation
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Above : Picture Of Owen Roe O’Neill
The period of Irish History on which we are now entering is one extremely difficult to treat within narrow limits. It is, as has been well said by Carlyle, both confused and confusing. ” There ara Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other.
There are Catholics of the Pale, demanding freedom of religion. . . . There are old Irish Catholics, under the Pope’s nuncio . . . and Owen Roe O’Neill, demanding, not religious freedom alone, but what we now call ‘ Repeal of the Union.’ Then there are Ormond Royalists of the Episcopalian and mixed creeds, strong for King without Covenant; Ulster and other Presbyterians, strong for King and Covenant ; lastly, Michael Jones and the Commonwealth of England, who want neither King nor Covenant.” In order to convey a clear idea of the course of events, it will be necessary to confine ourselves to the relation only of those which exercised important influence and modified the situation as a whole.
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Success of the Insurrection: Kilkenny Draws Up a Scheme of Government
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