The million-peopled city
Garwood, John
1853
The Protestant Colony of Ulster Established.
"In this and the succeeding reigns of Elizabeth and James I., the English Government having now the double motive of effecting a religious as well as a civil reformation in , applied themselves with great energy to the recovery of their authority; and, after a tedious series of rebellions and confiscations, succeeded, at length, in the beginning of the 17th century, in making the entire island shire-ground, and planting a numerous Protestant proprie- tary in Ulster. . . 511,465 acres of land in that province became vested in the Crown, and James I., after removing the Irish from their hills and fortresses, divided the land among such of his English and Scottish Protestant subjects as chose to settle there. This northern part of has ever since remained Protestant, but, being most distant from | |
253 | England, there is very little immigration here from thence. The great body of the native Irish in the other provinces still continued, however, attached to the Roman Catholic faith. |
"In , a rebellion, having for its object the overthrow of the new establishment in Ulster, comprising 40,000 settlers, -and the restoration of the old proprietors to their estates, broke out among the native Irish, and was after- wards joined by the chief Roman Catholic nobility and gentry. The result of the civil wars which ensued was, the suppression of the Irish and Roman Catholic party, and a general confiscation of their lands." [1] | |
Footnotes: [1] Cyclop. of Society for Diffusing Useful Knowledge. Article, Ireland. |