Excerpt from History of Ireland: As Disclosed by Irish Statutes Passed by Irish Parliaments Between 1310 and 1800With all its imperfections this summary of Irish llistory, as shown by Irish Statutes and other cc temporary evidences, is sent out to the world in the hope of convincing thoughtful readers that it is not by such a retrograde movement as another Irish Parliament, but by a firmer consolidation of the united interests of England and Ireland, that Ireland will be improved and settled, her best National instincts developed, and those great civil and religious rights which we now enjoy be secured. \v0, in Ireland, feel that by a further knitting of our interests with England, the great power for good, and vast com mercial interests of our Empire, will be enlarged, and that together the nationalities which have created and now compose the British Empire can best with stand the assault of external enemies or internal strifes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.