Today's installment concludes Great Potato Famine in Ireland,our selection from Four Years of Irish History by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy published in
Description of the Famine
The English gentry were busy in transferring the harvest to England or clearing the population off their estates sowing a hatred which persisted to
Appreciation of Gustavus Adolphus
Today's installment concludes Gustavus Adolphus at Lutzen,our selection from History of Gustavus Adolphus by Benjamin Chapman published in
Sweden’s King Killed
The Imperialist soldiers about the King, each anxious to possess some trophy, had stripped the body to the shirt, and were about to carry it off when
A Good Beginning for Ireland
Today's installment concludes Catholic Emancipation in Ireland,with our final installment from William E.H. Lecky and then we present the third part
Emancipation’s Impact on Ireland
The tenant usually sublet his tenancy, and on the great rise of prices resulting from the war, the subtenant usually took a similar course, and the
Relief Bill Passed
This marks a great social revolution in Ireland — the substitution of the priests for the landlords as the leaders of the people.Continuing Catholic
Catholics and the Army
Ireland was now on the very verge of revolution. The whole mass of the people had been organized like a regular army and taught to act with the most
Should Britain Pay Catholic Clergy?
The State having an established religion, the members of that religion had a right to a position of political ascendency.Continuing Catholic