A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Longmans, Green and Company, 1892 - Ireland |
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... it , when it is under- stood that it means merely that the bulk of the Irish remained under their own Brehon jurisdiction , according to which the punishment for murder was not death , B 2 CH . I. 3 THE NORMAN CONQUEST .
... it , when it is under- stood that it means merely that the bulk of the Irish remained under their own Brehon jurisdiction , according to which the punishment for murder was not death , B 2 CH . I. 3 THE NORMAN CONQUEST .
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... means of human subsistence were destroyed , no quarter was given to prisoners who surrendered , and the whole population was skilfully and steadily starved to death . The pictures of the condition of Ireland at this time are as terrible ...
... means of human subsistence were destroyed , no quarter was given to prisoners who surrendered , and the whole population was skilfully and steadily starved to death . The pictures of the condition of Ireland at this time are as terrible ...
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... mean free- holders and tenants ' in their possessions , but also freeing them from all their money and other obligations to their chiefs . They were placed directly under the Crown , and on payment to the Crown of 10s . for every ...
... mean free- holders and tenants ' in their possessions , but also freeing them from all their money and other obligations to their chiefs . They were placed directly under the Crown , and on payment to the Crown of 10s . for every ...
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... means entirely uncivilised . An English ' undertaker ' named Robert Payne , who obtained , in conjunction with some others , an estate in Munster , published in 1589 a'Brief Description of Ireland , ' in which he drew a very favour ...
... means entirely uncivilised . An English ' undertaker ' named Robert Payne , who obtained , in conjunction with some others , an estate in Munster , published in 1589 a'Brief Description of Ireland , ' in which he drew a very favour ...
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... means and conditions of material subsistence are felt in their full intensity in the meanest hovel . Nothing in Irish history is more remarkable than the entire absence of outrage and violence that followed the Ulster Planta- tion , and ...
... means and conditions of material subsistence are felt in their full intensity in the meanest hovel . Nothing in Irish history is more remarkable than the entire absence of outrage and violence that followed the Ulster Planta- tion , and ...
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