... an undifferentiated, homogeneous group and should be treated accordingly. Eleven million acres of land were confiscated and given to adventurers (those who had paid for Cromwell's campaigns) and soldiers. The Irish landlord had land reserved for them in only the barren county of Connaught which led to the ... his ministers). It was also fuelled by the increasing spirit of independence amongst the Protestant Ascendancy who looked towards the colonists in America for their inspiration. When these colonists rebelled in the 1770s the "Protestant nation" of Ireland took advantage of the Gov...

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