Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

James In 1685 fames II succeeded his brother as king of England. He was a Roman Catholic, and his accession gave great joy to the Catholics of Ireland, and corresponding alarm to the Protestants. He soon entered on the dangerous task of gradually restoring tlie Catholic religion in both countries. Colonel Talbot (619;, a strict [...]

Above: Penal Code The Irish Catholics were now crushed and dispirited ; they were quite helpless, for their best men had gone to France; and all hope of resistance was at an end. They had, however, obtained tolerable con- ditions in the Treaty of Limerick; but here they were doomed to a bitter disappointment. The [...]