Excerpt from The History of Ireland: From the Treaty of Limerick to the Present Time; Being a Continuation of the History of the Abbe Macgeoghegan That period of a century and a half embraces a series of deeply interesting events in the annals of our country - the deliberate Breach of the Treaty of Limerick - the long series of Penal Laws - the exile of the Irish soldiery to France - their achievements in the French and other services - the career of Dean Swift the origin of a Colonial Nationality among the English of Ireland - the Agitations of Lucas - the Volunteering - the Declaration of Independence - the history of the Independent Irish Parliament - the Plot to bring about the Union - the United Irishmen - the Negotiations with France - the Insurrection of 1798 - the French Expeditions to Ireland - the Union (so called) - the decay of Trade - the fraudu lent Imposition of. Debt upon Ireland - the Orangemen - the beginning of o'con nell's power - the Veto Agitation - the Catholic Association - Clare Election Emancipation - the series of Famines - the Repeal Agitation - the Monster Meet ings - the State Trials - the Great Famine - the Death of o'connell - the Irish Con federation - the fate of Smith o'brien and his comrades - the Legislation of the United Parliament for Ireland - poor-laws - National Education - the Tenant Right Agitation - the present condition of the country, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.