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  • 22-09-2010 3:52pm
    #1
    JimmyMoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭


    Hey Folks, don't know If I will get any replies here but worth a shot if someone is interested in replying. I am doing an essay based on the penal laws, and I have to have my information gathered by tomorrow. The question is simply, did the penal laws work? Easy enough, I've been reading through pages all day telling me about the penal laws, and I'm feeling a bit stupid today I can't figure out if this is a yes or no answer. Could anyone tell me briefly what I should be mentioning in this essay and if they did work? I would greatly appreciate it. :D


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  • #2
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    Not really, no. If anything, it consolidated the position of the Catholic and Presbyterian Churches.


  • #3
    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Denerick


    What do you mean by 'work'? If you mean they succeeded in repressing Catholicism as a relevant political force then in broad terms it did (Of course there are very important exceptions, namely rural agrarian movements and the Catholic committee)

    Figures like Lord Kenmare and Lord Fingal are proof in the pudding that the Penal laws did not completely obliperate the Catholic gentry, many families got around the laws with the help of Protestant friends. By the mid 18th century the Catholic merchant class was becoming more relevant also.


  • #4
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Sorry no homework threads.


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