Shane had for some time been expressing a strong desire to visit the English Court, so as to make personal acquaintance with his " sovereign lady." The English ministers, as the difficulty of dealing with the Ulster chief increased, seem to have come to believe that some improvement in the political situation might result,and to have concluded that it would be best to accede to the request. What reasons can have induced Shane to wish to embark in an enterprise, the dangers of ... Read More

Above : Picture Of King James I, Died In 1625 The closing years of the reign of James were marked by some advance in prosperity and in population throughout Ireland as a whole. Irish trade and commerce increased, and tracts long desolate began again to be populated. " The country," it was said, " was full of youth." In March, 1625, James died, and was succeeded by Charles, his son. The change of rulers was not followed by any alteration in the Irish ... Read More