A Brief History of Ireland
- ISBN-10
- 1230255303
- ISBN-13
- 9781230255309
- Series
- A Brief History of Ireland
- Pages
- 46
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- Theclassics.Us
- Author
- Bernard Bird
Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ... was passed, the provisions of which were as follow: --It forbade, under pain of high treason, marriage, fostering, or gossipred, between persons of English descent and the old Irish families. It forbade also all persons of English descent to use the Irish language, or to adopt Irish names. It strictly forbade the King's subjects in Ireland to entertain in their houses Irish minstrels, musicians, or story tellers It also strictly forbade them to allow an Irish horse to graze upon their lands. In consequence of this insane act, fresh turmoils, civil wars, and insurrections were instigated in Ireland, and Edward III. did not find this island a profitable possession, as he had anticipated, but a source of heavy expenses; for when he asked the Irish for supplies of money, they replied that they had none to give. The next step the King took was to summon a sort of Irish Parliament to meet him at Westminster, consisting of two members from each county, two burgesses from each city and borough, and two priests from each diocese. When this odd sort of Parliament met, Edward spoke to them, and complained of the great expenses in governing Ireland, and demanded money; but the Irish deputies answered him that they were prohibited by their constituents from granting any to his Majesty; after the King heard this he dismissed them. The Barons, by their wars and exactions, rendered prosperity impossible during the remaining part of Edward's reign, which was concluded in the year 1377.. The contentious Irish Chiefs and Anglo-Irish Nobles were not worse than the same class of men in other lands, for in the days of the heptarchy we find the petty Kings of England were engaged in constant warfare. In later times that kingdom was ravaged by repeated civil..
