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Excerpt from The Catholics of Ireland Under the Penal Laws in the Eighteenth Century An endeavour is made in the following pages to sketch very briefly the condition of the Catholics of Ireland under the Penal Laws in the eighteenth century. The first Chapter is the substance of an article that appeared in the Dublin Review as far back as January, 1882. The subject was continued in a series of papers in the Australasian Catholic Record, published in Sydney, commencing in 1895. At the request of the Catholic Truth Society, those papers now appear in their present form. Perhaps no one will be more convinced than the writer, that the sketch here presented is far from being perfect or complete. The subject matter, however, cannot fail to commend the little volume to those readers who rejoice in the triumphs of religion. Never has a whole nation suffered more for the Faith than Ireland; and nowhere has fidelity to God and loyalty to the Holy See, amid unparalleled sufferings and national humiliations, achieved more glorious victories or been crowned with happier results. Those victories of the Faith and those grand religious results are a priceless heritage, of which the Irish race at home and abroad is justly proud at the present day. Every tradition of those times of suffering, and every record of the heroism of Ireland's martyrs, cannot but be acceptable to those who have at heart the success of the great work of religion in which the Catholic Truth Society is engaged. 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.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER THE TENTH Beneficent influence of the Colleges of France and Rome--France repays her debt of gratitude to Ireland --Irish students in Paris --Other Irish Colleges in France--The Holy See contributes to the support of the exiled clergy--Dr. Philip McDavitte, Bishop of Derry, student of the Sorbonne--He founds a little seminary on the banks of the Finn--Charles O'Donnell's diary of journey to Paris--Literary fameof Michael Moore--Irish establishments in France suppressed at the close of the eighteenth century--Reopening of colleges in Paris in 1801--Letter of Dr. Hussey, Bishop of Waterford--Colleges of St. Isidore and St. Clement in Rome--Michael MacDonough, O.S.D., Bishop of Kilmore--The Ludovisian College in Rome--Singular petition of the agent of the English Catholics in Rome--Reply of Irish representatives--Joint petition of the Archbishop of Cashel and the Bishop of Ossory--Hugh MacMahon, Bishop of Clogher, translated to Armagh in 1713--The trying period of his episcopate described by Dr. Renehan--His Report to Propaganda on the Dioceses of Ulster--A strange feature of the Penal legislation--Bernard MacMahon, Archbishop of Armagh --Poem in his praise--Succeeded in the Primacy by his brother, Ross MacMahon--Distinguished for his singular talent in Rome --The brothers Primates interred at Edergole--Peter Creagh, Archbishop of Dublin--His remarkable escape at trial in Cork --Michael O'Reilly, translated from Derry to Armagh--Difficulties which beset his episcopate--Benign character of Richard O'Reilly, Archbishop of Armagh. In the preceding chapter we briefly sketched the benefits conferred on the Irish Church by the colleges in Spain and Belgium throughout the dismal era of the Penal Laws. We will now endeavour to bring this...

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