Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

At the time of James I’s accession, the state of the Irish Reformed Church, never since Henry VIII’s day satisfactory, was, owing to the wars and unrest of the last years of Elizabeth’s reign, more unsatisfactory than ever. The King was most anxious to establish order and uniformity, and to correct abuses. Several times he [...]

Above : Picture Of Henry Grattan Mention has been made in a previous chapter of the general state of education amongst the masses of the Irish people, in the closing years of the eighteenth century and the opening decades of the nineteenth. Much was done by the efforts of private charity for the most needy, [...]