A History of the Penal Laws Against the Irish Catholics, from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union

Download or read book A History of the Penal Laws Against the Irish Catholics, from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union written by Sir Henry Parnell and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parnell, Henry. A History of the Penal Laws Against the Irish Catholics, from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union. Dublin: Printed by H. Fitzpatrick, 1808. 226, xxii pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002044357. ISBN 1-58477-310-3. Cloth $80. * Reprint of first edition. Sir Henry Parnell [1776-1842], later Lord Congleton, was an Anglo-Irish parliamentarian and treasury official sympathetic to the plight of Irish Catholics. Enhanced by its extensive quotation of source records, this book traces the history of laws against "religious non-conformists" between 1689 and 1801. Though certainly partisan, it is valuable for Parnell's perspective and first-hand knowledge of several crucial events of the 1780s and '90s.