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The Anglo-Irish hold a wide range of political views, with some being outspoken Irish Nationalists, but most overall being Unionists. And while most of the Anglo-Irish originated in the English diaspora in Ireland, others were descended from families of the old Gaelic nobility of Ireland. [6]
The Anglo-Irish people are an ethnic group and historical social class in Ireland, consisting of the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy For more information, see Anglo-Irish people .
Anglo is a prefix indicating a relation to, or descent from England, English culture, the English people or the English language, such as in the term Anglosphere.It is often used alone, somewhat loosely, to refer to people of British descent in Anglo-America, the Anglophone Caribbean, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry (6 August 1767 – 2 May 1851) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and peer. [1]White was born in a gentry family in Ireland.He was the son and heir of Simon White of Bantry by his wife Frances Jane Hedges, daughter of Richard Hedges of Macroom Castle. [2]
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.
Pages in category "19th-century Anglo-Irish people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 257 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "18th-century Anglo-Irish people" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 308 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An English report of 1515 states that the Irish people were divided into over sixty Gaelic lordships and thirty Anglo-Irish lordships. [49] The English term for these lordships was "nation" or "country". [49] The Irish term "oireacht" referred to both the territory and the people ruled by the lord. [49]