The history of Ireland from 1691–1800 was marked by the dominance of the Protestant Ascendancy. These were Anglo-Irish families of the Anglican Church of Ireland, whose English and Scottish ancestors
A portrait of Wolfe Tone, who was captured in the Rebellion of 1798 and committed suicide before he could be executed
Jonathan Swift
Protestant Ascendancy
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The Protestant Ascendancy was the sociopolitical and economic domination of Ireland between the 17th and early 20th centuries by a small Anglo-Irish ruling class, whose members consisted of aristocrat
History of Ireland (1691–1800)
…The history of Ireland from 1691–1800 was marked by the dominance of the Protestant Ascendancy. These were Anglo-Irish families of the Anglican Church of Ireland, whose English and Scottish ancestors had settled Ireland in the wake of its conquest…
Richard Woodward, an Englishman who became the Anglican Bishop of Cloyne. He was the author of some of the staunchest apologetics for the Ascendancy in Ireland