important issue to resolve as no solution would satisfy both the British electorate and the Irish population. Prior to the Irish War of Independence there had been growing tensions over British rule in Ireland since the Act of Union of 1800. Over the course of the nineteenth century various organizations had slowly increased in size and number in response to the growing resentment that had developed due to the Irish War of Independence. British rule in Ireland. The resentment was born out of hatred for the foreign leadership that the Irish nation had to join, this hatred was increased due to poverty. The underlying causes of the revolution that occurred in Ireland at the beginning of the twentieth century stem from the vast injustices that the Irish committed. people suffered at the hands of British rule. «Because the history of 19th century Ireland is more than a prologue to the events of the 20th and has a character of its own, which is too often distorted by those who, neglecting everything else, limit their attention to the signs that point to the developments of a later era. Irish history would be a simpler, but less rewarding subject if all signs really pointed in one direction." (In......middle of paper......Ireland. Gradually over the course of the eighteenth century the number and severity of penal laws increased enormously, these laws prohibiting Catholics from taking part in many aspects of public life and treated them as second-class citizens. Catholics and Presbyterians had numerous limitations in their daily lives, they could not hold public office or in Parliament, they were denied suffrage, they were not allowed to marry Protestants and they were denied the access to certain educational programs. institutions After the death of James Stuart in 1776 many of the penal laws were repealed and the issue of Catholic emancipation became an important issue on the Irish political horizon An influential Irish minister for Dublin Henry Grattan Act of Uniformity Rebellion of the Irish Youth Young Ireland era politics and culture and the Gallic Revival Home Rule Movement

Topic > important issue to resolve as no solution would satisfy both the British electorate and the Irish population. Prior to the Irish War of Independence there had been growing tensions over British rule in Ireland since the Act of Union of 1800. Over the course of the nineteenth century various organizations had slowly increased in size and number in response to the growing resentment that had developed due to the Irish War of Independence. British rule in Ireland. The resentment was born out of hatred for the foreign leadership that the Irish nation had to join, this hatred was increased due to poverty. The underlying causes of the revolution that occurred in Ireland at the beginning of the twentieth century stem from the vast injustices that the Irish committed. people suffered at the hands of British rule. «Because the history of 19th century Ireland is more than a prologue to the events of the 20th and has a character of its own, which is too often distorted by those who, neglecting everything else, limit their attention to the signs that point to the developments of a later era. Irish history would be a simpler, but less rewarding subject if all signs really pointed in one direction." (In......middle of paper......Ireland. Gradually over the course of the eighteenth century the number and severity of penal laws increased enormously, these laws prohibiting Catholics from taking part in many aspects of public life and treated them as second-class citizens. Catholics and Presbyterians had numerous limitations in their daily lives, they could not hold public office or in Parliament, they were denied suffrage, they were not allowed to marry Protestants and they were denied the access to certain educational programs. institutions After the death of James Stuart in 1776 many of the penal laws were repealed and the issue of Catholic emancipation became an important issue on the Irish political horizon An influential Irish minister for Dublin Henry Grattan Act of Uniformity Rebellion of the Irish Youth Young Ireland era politics and culture and the Gallic Revival Home Rule Movement