Penal Laws in Ireland

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf series of laws
gptkbp:dateEnacted 17th century
18th century
gptkbp:effect gptkb:Protestant_Ascendancy
disenfranchisement of Catholics
social and economic discrimination
suppression of Catholic clergy
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Great_Britain
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Penal Laws in Ireland
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:English_Reformation
gptkb:Protestant_Reformation
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Boyne
gptkb:Glorious_Revolution
gptkb:Williamite_War_in_Ireland
gptkb:Restoration_of_Charles_II
gptkbp:legacy economic underdevelopment of Irish Catholics
emigration of Irish Catholics
inspiration for later civil rights movements
long-term sectarian division
gptkbp:location gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:notableFigureOpposed gptkb:Daniel_O'Connell
gptkb:Theobald_Wolfe_Tone
gptkb:Henry_Grattan
gptkbp:prohibits Catholic education
Catholic holding of public office
Catholic inheritance rights
Catholic land ownership
Catholic legal professions
Catholic military service
Catholic property purchase
Catholic religious practice
Catholic voting rights
ownership of firearms by Catholics
gptkbp:purpose to uphold Anglican supremacy
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Roman_Catholics
gptkb:Protestant_dissenters
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Test_Acts
gptkb:Popery_Act_1704
gptkb:Irish_Rebellion_of_1798
gptkb:Banishment_Act_1697
gptkb:Disenfranchising_Act_1728
gptkb:Act_of_Union_1800
gptkb:Catholic_Emancipation
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1829
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1791
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Relief_Act_1793
gptkbp:repealedGradually late 18th century
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Williamite_War_in_Ireland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6