... ,00 died from Cromwell's intervention; about 40,000 left to join armies in Europe; and 100,000 Irish were sold into slavery and sent to the Americas . Under the Act of Settlement of 1652, the Catholic population was forced to the less fertile land west of the River Shannon or face execution. The English monarchy was restored in 1660. When King James II, a Catholic, succeeded his brother Charles II to ... left for Scotland or England, or send their children to be educated 'on the mainland'. Yet current estimates indicate there are probably around 80,000 members of the Orange Order still a...

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... State and Northern Ireland was established. The national economy was strengthened by a series of measures including the initiation of a hydroelectric project on the Shannon River. (Pomeray). By 1927 the Republicans increased their representation in the Dail. They assumed 57 seats by 1932 as a result of the failure of the government to cope with the domestic difficulties brought on by the world economic crisis of the early 1930's. DeValera became the new head of government. He sponsored legislation, which ... broadcast of 1943: "The Ireland which we have dreamed of would be the home of a...

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... broke through a boon that had been placed on the river Foyle, in July of that year and relieved the city. The siege had failed and with it went most of the initiative that James had at first possessed. In June 1690 William of Orange landed in Antrim and on the 1st of July he met James at the Battle of the Boyne (12th of July on the modern calendar) winning a decisive victory. James fled ... , vote, join the army or navy, practise at the bar, nor buy land. On a Catholic's death his estate had to be divided up equally amongst his children and, if one of them became Protestant, they would d...

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