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The Story of Ireland

by Emily Lawless

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Chapter XLIV The Treaty of Limerick

Sarsfield refuses to surrender—Second siege of Limerick—The Limerick treaty—Its exact purport—The military treaty—Departure of the exiles.

Chapter XLV The Penal Code

A new century and new fortunes—Mr. Lecky’s “Eighteenth Century”—Reversal of all the recent Acts—The Penal Code—Burke’s description of it—How evaded—Its effects upon Protestants and Catholics.

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