Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

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 [...]

The new Deputy found Irish affairs in what appeared to him to be a dangerous condition. Several of the chiefs, and notably the new Earl of Tyrone and Manus O’Donnell, were looking abroad for help against the Irish Government, of which their fear rather than their affection or esteem had increased. Scotland was now governed [...]