A course of lectures on Irish history . A^*^*^-t-^;^^*^^t^^ ^<^ i^strurtinn unh i^snlatinn 1608—1690 BY JOHN J. CUMMINGS, M. D. THE FLIGHT OF THE EAELS Upon the death of Elizabeth in 1603, James, the son of thexmfortunate Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots, became King ofEngland, and for the first time in their history the Irish peopleaccepted English rule, and gave willing submission to an Eng-lish dynasty, supporting it afterward with their life blood. James began by a policy of conciliation and toleration, andit looked as if a new era of prosperity was dawning upon Ire-land, He accept
A course of lectures on Irish history . A^*^*^-t-^;^^*^^t^^ ^<^ i^strurtinn unh i^snlatinn 1608—1690 BY JOHN J. CUMMINGS, M. D. THE FLIGHT OF THE EAELS Upon the death of Elizabeth in 1603, James, the son of thexmfortunate Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots, became King ofEngland, and for the first time in their history the Irish peopleaccepted English rule, and gave willing submission to an Eng-lish dynasty, supporting it afterward with their life blood. James began by a policy of conciliation and toleration, andit looked as if a new era of prosperity was dawning upon Ire-land, He accepted Tyrones homage and created Kory ODon-nell. Earl of Tyrconnell. The public worship of the national re-ligion, if not legalized, was at least tolerated. But a few short years and conditions changed. First aconspiracy developed which involved the two northern Earls,and, although guiltless even in the opinion of the English, they^ere forced to flee for their lives, first to France, and thence toHome, where they eventually died in exil
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