Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . W Christ Church Cathedral 312 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. and colonial privy council, and sanctioned by the king and his council in Eng-land. This ordinance subverted the independence of the parliaments of theAnglo-Irish. The colonists, at the time of its enactment, were led to regard itin the light of a protection against the legislative oppressions occasionally at-tempte
Picturesque Ireland : a literary and artistic delineation of the natural scenery, remarkable places, historical antiquities, public buildings, ancient abbeys, towers, castles, and other romantic and attractive features of Ireland . W Christ Church Cathedral 312 PICTURESQUE IRELAND. and colonial privy council, and sanctioned by the king and his council in Eng-land. This ordinance subverted the independence of the parliaments of theAnglo-Irish. The colonists, at the time of its enactment, were led to regard itin the light of a protection against the legislative oppressions occasionally at-tempted by the viceroys. As king, Henry VIII. laid a heavy and sacrilegioushand on Ireland. Among the monasteries dissolved by him was that of All Hal-lows, which he gave to the citizens in return for their valor in putting downthe revolt of Lord Thomas Fitzgerald, surnamed Silken Thomas from theelegance and richness of his equipments. Elizabeth enhanced the gift by found-. St. Patricks Cathedral—Southeast. ing on it the University of Dublin, which was opened in the year 1593. James immense confiscations with the design of creating and sustaining an Eng-lish interest in Ireland. This was the touchstone of the Stuart policy, which wasto be furthered and fostered, at all hazards, by every intrigue, and the sacrificeof every vow and tie, religious, legal, and In the civil wars of the seventeenth century, Dublin, as the seat of vice-regal government, was the theater of important transactions. In 1647 the Mar-quis of Ormond resigned his office of lord lieutenant, and delivered up the city * Historyi of the Viceroys of Ireland; with Notices of the Castle-of Dublin, etc., by J. T. Gilbert, Esq., Member ofthe Council and Librarian of the Royal Irish Academy ; author of A History of the City of Dublin, etc. Dublin, xii. f The Struggle for Irish Natioimlity, hy John Savage. Boston, 1S6S. DUBLIN. 313 to commissioners ap-pointed by Pa
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