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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 ancestors had settled Ireland in the wake of its conquest by England and colonisation in the Plantations of Ireland , and had taken control of most of the land.
Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the act concerning assay passed in 1783 is cited as "23 & 24 Geo. 3 c. 23", meaning the 23rd act passed during the session that started in the 23rd year of the reign of George III and which finished in the 24th ...
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland for the years from 1701 to 1710. The number shown by each act's title is its chapter number. Acts are cited using this number, preceded by the years of the reign during which the relevant parliamentary session was held; thus the act concerning assay passed in 1783 is cited as "23 & 24 Geo. 3.
c. March – the Yellow Book of Lecan is acquired by antiquary Edward Lhuyd. An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie 's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster .
Although parts of Ireland had been under English control since the twelfth century, [1] the English (after 1706 British) government was in control of the entire island by 1700. By this time, several wars had occurred, including the Nine Years' War (1594–1603), the Cromwellian conquest (1649–1653), and the Williamite War (1688–1691, part ...
An Act for enabling the lord high chancellor of Ireland and the court of exchequer respectively, to make orders on the governor and company of the Bank of Ireland, for payment out of the general fund of monies belonging to the suitors of the courts of chancery and exchequer, of the further sum therein mentioned, towards building the principal ...
The role of the Parliament changed after 1541, when Henry VIII declared the Kingdom of Ireland and embarked on the Tudor conquest of Ireland.Despite an era which featured royal concentration of power and decreasing feudal power throughout the rest of Europe, King Henry VIII over-ruled earlier court rulings putting families and lands under attainder and recognised the privileges of the Gaelic ...
There is some perception that during Tudor times, elements within the government at times engaged in and advanced a genocidal [citation needed] policy against the Irish Gaels, while during the Plantations of Ireland (particularly successful in Ulster) the local population were displaced in a project of ethnic cleansing where regions of Ireland ...