1. An Introduction to Irish History
... with different aims: The Ulster Protestants, determined to hang on to what they now held, the royal administration in Dublin, in the hands of James Butler Earl of Ormond (Protestant), and the Confederates who were themselves made up from the Old English and the Gaelic people. O'Neill who was leader of ... the arrangements already in place. Although he did not persecute Catholics, he did not do anything to improve their position aside from restoring James Butler to his historic patrimony and making him the Duke of Ormond. This was the exception rather than the rule, and it was not until C...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate