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... churches should be confined to certain families , and that the lands set apart for their support should descend by regular inheritance . This tended in some degree to reconcile the druids to Christian- ity , who were before most averse ...
... churches should be confined to certain families , and that the lands set apart for their support should descend by regular inheritance . This tended in some degree to reconcile the druids to Christian- ity , who were before most averse ...
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... , the endowments of the clergy re- covered , churches and religious houses rebuilt , learned se- minaries re - established , laws corrected and strictly enforced . CHAP . I. To render the glory of his reign HISTORY OF IRELAND . 15.
... , the endowments of the clergy re- covered , churches and religious houses rebuilt , learned se- minaries re - established , laws corrected and strictly enforced . CHAP . I. To render the glory of his reign HISTORY OF IRELAND . 15.
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... church of God on earth , and to increase the number of his saints and elect in heaven , representing his design of subduing Ireland , as derived from the same pious motives , and en- suring him success on account of his applying for the ...
... church of God on earth , and to increase the number of his saints and elect in heaven , representing his design of subduing Ireland , as derived from the same pious motives , and en- suring him success on account of his applying for the ...
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... church was subject to the government of bishops , who were certainly not chosen by the pope , but hereditary in the noble families , and had sees of very con- fined extent . Dermod Mac Mur . chad . The Danish colonies , however , of ...
... church was subject to the government of bishops , who were certainly not chosen by the pope , but hereditary in the noble families , and had sees of very con- fined extent . Dermod Mac Mur . chad . The Danish colonies , however , of ...
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... church . His fleet amounted to two and forty ships , an awful spectacle to the Irish ! and entered the port of Wa- terford in safety . On the feast of St. Luke his forces landed , consisting , beside a number of barons , of four hundred ...
... church . His fleet amounted to two and forty ships , an awful spectacle to the Irish ! and entered the port of Wa- terford in safety . On the feast of St. Luke his forces landed , consisting , beside a number of barons , of four hundred ...
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Accordingly adherents afforded appointed Armagh arms army arrived attack attempt barons bill body British Carrickfergus castle catholics cause cavalry CHAP chief governor chieftains church Clanricarde clergy command committed conduct Connaught council death declared defeated deputy Derry Dublin duke Dungannon earl earl of Desmond effect endeavoured enemy engaged England English English parliament executed exertions favour forces France French garrison Gorey Hence Henry Hugh De Lacy hundred insurgents insurrection Ireland Irish Kildare Kilkenny Killala king king's kingdom lands leaders Leinster length Limerick lord lord-lieutenant lords-justices majesty Meath ment military mode Munster nuncio O'Nial oath obliged occasion officers Ormond parliament party passed persons possession present prince prisoners proceeded protestants rebellion rebels received reign religion resolved Roderic royal seized sent soldiers soon Strongbow success surrender Thomond thousand pounds tion took town treaty troops Tyrconnel Tyrone Ulster United Irishmen violence Waterford Wexford zeal
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Page 561 - ... joined to the sentiment of mutual affection and common interest, may dispose the parliaments in both kingdoms to provide the most effectual means of maintaining and improving a connection, essential to their common security, and of consolidating, as far as possible, into one firm and lasting fabric, the strength, the power, and the resources of the British empire.
Page 416 - The address from the commons contained the following expression : — " We beg leave to represent to your majesty, that it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is to be saved from impending ruin...
Page 417 - ... no power on earth but the king, lords, and commons of Ireland, could make laws to bind them : and that they were ready with their lives and fortunes to resist the usurpations and encroachments of any foreign legislature.
Page 543 - ... proclamation authorising his majesty's generals to give protection to such insurgents as, being simply guilty of rebellion, should surrender their arms, abjure all unlawful engagements, and take the oath of allegiance to the king.
Page 456 - An act to prevent the election or appointment of unlawful assemblies, under pretence of preparing or presenting public petitions or other addresses to his majesty or the parliament...
Page 420 - We know our duty to our sovereign, and are loyal. We know our duty to ourselves, and are resolved to be free. We seek for our rights, and no more than our rights ; and in so just a pursuit we should doubt the being of a Providence if we doubted of success.
Page 422 - Britain, on which connexion the interest and happiness of both nations essentially depended ; but that the kingdom of Ireland was a distinct kingdom with a Parliament of her own, the sole legislature thereof...
Page 465 - In the awful presence of God, I, AB, do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full, and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 564 - Union, after which new regulations were to be made by Parliament. One hundred commoners were to be sent by Ireland to the British (now called the Imperial) Parliament; namely, two for each county, two for each of the cities of Dublin and Cork, one for the university, and one for each of the thirty-one most considerable towns. Four...
Page 567 - For rhetoric, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a trope; And when he happened to break off I...