Penal Laws in Ireland

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The Penal Laws in Ireland were a series of discriminatory statutes enacted mainly in the 17th and 18th centuries to suppress the rights, property, religion, and political power of Irish Catholics (and to a lesser extent Protestant dissenters) in favor of the Anglican establishment.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal regime ⓘ
system of discriminatory laws ⓘ
appliesTo Ireland ⓘ
associatedWith Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland ⓘ
benefitedChurch Church of Ireland ⓘ
benefitedGroup Anglican establishment ⓘ
discriminatedAgainst Catholic bishops and clergy ⓘ
members of Catholic religious orders ⓘ
effectOnSociety long-term sectarian division in Ireland ⓘ
marginalization of Catholic landowning class ⓘ
reinforcement of Protestant political dominance ⓘ
enactedBy English monarchy ⓘ
linked to: English monarchs

Irish Parliament ⓘ
encouragedConversionTo Protestantism ⓘ
gradualRelaxationBegan late 18th century ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of the Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
post-Reformation religious conflict ⓘ
influencedBy concern about Jacobite support among Irish Catholics ⓘ
fear of Catholic allegiance to the Pope ⓘ
largelyDismantledBy Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 ⓘ
legalPurpose to discourage Catholic religious practice ⓘ
to maintain Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ
to restrict Catholic landownership ⓘ
to suppress Catholic political power ⓘ
legalStatus repealed ⓘ
mainTarget Irish Catholics ⓘ
mechanismOfPressure civil disabilities on Catholics ⓘ
economic penalties on Catholics ⓘ
religious disabilities on Catholics ⓘ
region Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
relatedConcept Catholic Emancipation ⓘ
restrictedEducation Catholic education at home and abroad ⓘ
restrictedPractice public celebration of Catholic Mass ⓘ
restrictedRight right to bear arms for Catholics ⓘ
right to build Catholic churches openly ⓘ
right to enter certain professions for Catholics ⓘ
right to hold public office for Catholics ⓘ
right to inherit land on equal terms for Catholics ⓘ
right to lease land for more than 31 years for Catholics ⓘ
right to open or teach in Catholic schools ⓘ
right to practice law for Catholics ⓘ
right to purchase land for Catholics ⓘ
right to receive higher education for Catholics ⓘ
right to serve as officers in the army or navy for Catholics ⓘ
right to sit in the Irish Parliament for Catholics ⓘ
right to vote in parliamentary elections for Catholics ⓘ
secondaryTarget Protestant dissenters ⓘ
significantReform Roman Catholic Relief Act 1778 ⓘ
Roman Catholic Relief Act 1793 ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

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

Irish Catholics → historicallySubjectTo → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Early Modern Ireland → hasPart → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Protestant Ascendancy → legalBasis → Penal Laws ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
Protestant Ascendancy → relatedConcept → Penal Laws against Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
Lord George Gordon → associatedWith → Penal Laws against Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
Gaelic Irish → declineCause → Penal Laws ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
British administration in Ireland → notablePolicy → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Acts of Settlement and Explanation → relatedTo → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Old English nobility in Ireland → affectedBy → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
English Catholics → governedUnder → Penal Laws ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
1782 Constitution of Ireland → follows → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Treaty of the Broken Treaty → followedBy → Penal Laws against Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
Norman-Irish nobility → laterAffectedBy → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Catholic emancipation movement → hasCause → Penal Laws against Catholics ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
Catholic emancipation movement → opposes → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ
Tribes of Galway → declineCause → Penal Laws ⓘ
linked to: Penal Laws in Ireland
Plantations of Ireland → followedBy → Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ