Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Henry VIII Declares Himself “Supreme Head of the Church” . In order to understand the events which followed the recall of Grey, we must retrace our steps and consider, in its earliest stages, the question which has, more than all others, down even to our own day, complicated the relations between Ireland and England—namely, what [...]

Above : St. Patrick’s Cathedral Since 1585 no Parliament had sat in Ireland : now it appeared expedient that one should be summoned ; not only because the King was in urgent need of money, but also in order to legalise the confiscation of the Ulster lands by the attainder of their former possessors. So [...]