Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

  Above : Painting Of Lord Castlereagh  The Parliament which, from 1782 to the Legislative Union of 1800, sat in Dublin is generally named, from the man to whose exertions the liberties which it enjoyed were chiefly due, ” Grattan’s Parliament.” We have seen that, within itself, it contained the elements which, after a short [...]

Above : William Pitt, Prime Minister At That Time Although no further efforts were made to remove the commercial restraints imposed by England, the Irish Parliament exerted itself with considerable success to develop the internal resources of the country. It expended the by no means large sums at its disposal in the methods of encouragement [...]