Daily Archives: May 9, 2011

Archives Diary: A Landowner’s View of the 1798 Irish Rebellion

Throughout Ireland’s history, tension between Ireland and England over political and religious control resulted in a series of violent clashes. Since 1691, England largely controlled Ireland by establishing an Anglo-Irish aristocracy, frequently referred to as the “Protestant Ascendancy” or “The … Continue reading

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