Above: Restriction on Irish Trade Ireland enjoys great natural advantages of soil and climate; and towards the end of the seventeenth century, in spite of wars and other troubles, several brandies of manufacture, trade, and commerce were prospering, But the English traders and merchants fancied that Irish prosperity was their loss, and in their short- sighted jealousy, persuaded the English parliament to ruin the trade of Ireland (except that in linen) by imposing restrictions. This legislation was generally the work of the English parliament ... Read More