1. England, Ireland and the Role of Irish Roman Catholics
... , or head tenants. These middlemen were sought after for their guaranteed cash payments, and their willingness to maintain and develop their holdings, as Whelan, (2), outlines. Whelan, (2), continues to highlight the bias against non-protestant tenants, namely Catholics, who were perceived to be lazy and careless in their lettings. Whelan, (2), refers to a Cork agent in ... Catholic traders were willing to sell their goods for less profit. However, as MacGeehin, (3), discusses, this political policy backfired upon the governmental circles who enforced it. The policy was ultimately unsucce...
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- Grade Level: Graduate