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The “Submissions” & The “Grants”

Above : Another Picture Of Henry II It will be seen, therefore, that so far as the submissions made to Henry II by the Irish chiefs were concerned, there was not so much difference between the Irish and feudal conceptions of their meaning. In Ireland, from time immemorial, the chiefs of a tribe or an [...]

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The Statute Of Kilkenny

Above : Logo Of Lionel “Duke Of Clarence” Lionel, Duke of Clarence, came back to Ireland in 1364, and again in 1367. On his third visit he summoned a Parliament at Kilkenny, and got it to pass the best known of the anti-Irish decrees, since known as the ” Statute of Kilkenny.” This famous statue [...]

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