Patriot Parliament
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The Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it
Portrait of James II by Godfrey Kneller, 1684
Earl of Tyrconnell, member of the Old English Catholic elite whose main objective was Irish autonomy
Norman Irish
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Norman Irish or Hiberno-Normans is a modern term for the descendants of Norman settlers who arrived during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century. Most came from England and Wales. T
Patriot Parliament
…1893. The House of Commons was 70 members short since there were no elections in the northern counties; as a result, its members were overwhelmingly Old English and Catholic. Sir Richard Nagle was elected speaker, while the House of Lords was led by Baron Fitton; the opposition was led by Anthony Dopping, a…
The Pale in 1488
Monument marking the site of the capture and execution of the Earl of Desmond James FitzMaurice FitzGerald in Glanageenty forest, County Kerry.
Kilkenny Castle, seat of the General Assembly of the Irish Confederacy (1642-1652), an independent government composed of Gaelic and Old English Catholic aristocrats
Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llansteffan, progenitor of the FitzGerald dynasty, from a manuscript of the Expugnatio Hibernica