Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Picture Of Sir William Petty After her long struggle Ireland was absolutely exhausted. Of her population of millions, over 600,000 had perished by the sword or by famine. Few cattle remained of the once great herds, few sheep of the splendid flocks. The famishing people, especially the old and feeble, died in great [...]

Above: The Plantation of Ulster We shall now go back a few years. Tlie Catholics still clung to the hope that their religion would be restored. But they found their mistake when king James, in 1605, caused the two penal Acts of supremacy and uniformity to be revived. By the Act of supremacy no Catholic, [...]