- The Penal laws enacted
against the Catholics
at the end of the seventeenth
century deprived
them; the great bulk of the people
(85%);of all
political and civil rights.
They were not permitted to
sit in Parliment
or to vote in elections.
Their entry into commerence
and the
profesions was either restricted
or forbidden
altogether.
They were denied the
right to educate their
children, either at home or abroad.
They lived in a state of poverty
and
opression.
In the late 18th century,
a Protestant
patriot party; through Henry Grattan;
demanded
greater independence. This led to the
establishment in Dublin in 1782, of an
independent Irish Parliment.
Effective power, nevertheless,
remained in
the hands of the English authorities.
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Here is a very historic
spot on our ridge -top road
to Macroom
called "Luibin na
gCorp"; the
bend of the bodies.
Two right angled
bends ;one right,
the other left ; about
50 metres apart,
enclose a hidden section
of road.n the grassy verge
one finds a
flat stone measuring
approximately 1.5
metres by 1 metre on
which coffins were
laid as funeral cortage
wound its way to
Dundareirke graveyard
which adjoined the
Glebe. |
- The Glebe was the home of the
protestant
minister.
- The funeral service having been
conducted, the
procession resumed its journey
and the person was
buried with no religious trappings.
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