Protestant Ascendancy

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The Protestant Ascendancy was the politically and economically dominant Anglican elite in Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th century, who controlled land, government, and institutions over a largely Catholic population.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical social class ⓘ
political order ⓘ
ruling elite ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Ireland ⓘ
controlled Irish Parliament ⓘ
Irish judiciary ⓘ
established church in Ireland ⓘ
land ownership in Ireland ⓘ
local government in Ireland ⓘ
country Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
declineCause Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800

Catholic Emancipation 1829 ⓘ
land reforms in Ireland ⓘ
discriminatedAgainst Presbyterians in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Irish Presbyterians

Roman Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
dominantChurch Church of Ireland ⓘ
economicActivity landlordism ⓘ
economicBasis large landed estates ⓘ
endTime early 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish ⓘ
English settlers in Ireland ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
hasPart Anglican bishops and clergy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Anglican bishops

Irish Protestant landed elite ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century Ireland ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland ⓘ
historicalRegion Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis Penal Laws ⓘ
legalPrivilege exclusive right to sit in Irish Parliament ⓘ
monopoly of senior public offices in Ireland ⓘ
mainOpposedGroup Irish Catholics ⓘ
Presbyterians in Ulster ⓘ
opposedBy Irish Catholic peasantry ⓘ
Irish nationalist movement ⓘ
United Irishmen ⓘ
politicalIdeology Protestantism ⓘ
politicalPosition support for British rule in Ireland ⓘ
politicalPowerBase Irish House of Commons ⓘ
Irish House of Lords ⓘ
relatedConcept Anglo-Irish aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Irish

Penal Laws against Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Anglicanism ⓘ
significantEvent Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800

Catholic Emancipation ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
landed gentry ⓘ
startTime late 17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Ireland → religiousContext → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
British aristocracy → influencedBy → Protestant establishment ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
War of the Two Kings → followedBy → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Anglo-Irish → associatedWith → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Anglo-Irish → relatedConcept → Irish Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Irish House of Lords → associatedWith → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Treaty of Limerick → relatedTo → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Society of United Irishmen → opposedTo → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
United Irishmen → opposedTo → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Boyle family → politicalAlignment → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Lady Lucy Anne FitzGerald → partOf → Anglo-Irish ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare → politicalAlignment → Irish Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Marquess of Downshire → historicalAssociation → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Wingfield family → politicalAlignmentHistorical → Anglo-Irish Ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
British administration in Ireland → religiousPolicy → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Sir Edward O'Brien → socialClass → Anglo-Irish ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Penal Laws in Ireland → associatedWith → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Corporation Act 1661 → mainSubject → Anglican supremacy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Irish Volunteer movement → religiousContext → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Irish Patriot Party → supportedBy → Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Grattan’s Parliament → hasMember → Irish Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Thomas Russell → opposedTo → the Anglo‑Irish Ascendancy ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Thomas Cloney → opposes → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Viscount Hillsborough → historicallyHeldBy → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Yeats family by marriage → hasAncestralConnection → Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Protestant Ascendancy
Barons Clonbrock → governingSystemContext → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
Plantations of Ireland → followedBy → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ