Meanwhile, however, the Reformed doctrines were making no progress, and this, in the opinion of those who ruled in the young King's name, was a matter of vital importance. In February 1551 the Deputy received positive orders to introduce into Ireland the new Liturgy, which " we have to be translated into our mother-tongue of this realm of England," and to have its use enforced in the churches. Very reluctantly, St. Leger summoned the bishops who had either conformed were originally of royal ... Read More

Above: Progress Towards Parliamentary Independence In 1762 a bill was passed in the Irish parliament to enable Catholics to lend money on the security of land : but it was suppressed in England : and in the following year it was rejected in the Irish parliament on the ground that it would tend to throw land into the hands of the Catholics. About this time the Patriots, under the powerful lead of Henry Flood, and aided by the growing eloquence of young Henry ... Read More