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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.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:17th-century Irish people. It includes Irish people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:17th-century Irish men
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:17th-century Irish women The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. Contents
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster. A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages.Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as ...
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...
The landed gentry, or the gentry (sometimes collectively known as the squirearchy), is a largely historical Irish and British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. It is the British element of the wider European class of gentry.
Other events of 1700 List of years in Ireland: Events from the year 1700 in Ireland. Incumbent. Monarch: William III; Events. Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester.
It was run by the Church of Ireland and accepted only Protestant women. It was founded in 1765 by Lady Arabella Denny. [6] In 1959 it moved to Eglinton Road, Donnybrook and in 1980 changed its name to Denny House. It closed in 1994 and was "Ireland's longest serving Mother and Baby Home." [7]