Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: Picture Of Henry Grattan In the English House when the question of Irish Rights was introduced, there was little opposition by the Lords and practically none by the Commons to the proposition that the demands of the Dublin Parliament should be complied with. On May 25th (1782), the Irish Lords and Commons were officially [...]

Above: Sixth of George I The proceedings of the Irish parliament and the political history of the country during the eighteenth century have reference solely to the Protestant colony. The struggle’s of the Irish legislature for independence, culminating in Grattan’s parliament of 1782, were the struggles of the Protestants: the Catholics had no political existence, [...]