Tag: British Rule

• Mass Rocks of Ireland

  

  Keeping the Flame of Faith Alight The ‘Mass Rock’ is a structure that is peculiar to Ireland. It is classified as “a rock or earth-fast boulder used as an altar or a stone-built altar used when Mass was being celebrated during Penal times (the 1690s to 1750s AD), though there are some examples which appear […]

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  March 29, 2021

  Article Series, Factual, History, Ireland, Photographic History.,, Update

  British Rule, Confiscation, Cromwell, Ireland, Mass Rocks, Penal Laws, Secrecy

• Charles Trevelyan

  

  Sinner or Saint? When trying to unravel the role that Charles Trevelyan played in the ‘Great Famine’ you are entering something of a minefield. Any person who has attempted to learn about ‘The Famine in Ireland’ quickly realised that the research that has been carried out is filled with invective supporting opposing views on its […]

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  February 4, 2021

  Factual, History, Ireland, Legend, Recommended, Short Story

  British Rule, Famine, Genocide, Government, Trevelyan