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 period of years, were to lead to its destruction, and that to purge itself of these elements it obstinately refused. Besides this, however, the constitution which had been imposed ... Read More

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 which the policy of the age approved, although many, if not most of them, have been discredited by modern economists. Grants were made to the Dublin Society, ... Read More