1. England, Ireland and the Role of Irish Roman Catholics
Wall, (1), holds the objective of providing an account of the part played by Catholics in the commercial life of Ireland up until the year 1782, and that, despite the penal laws, the Catholic community in Ireland at the time succeeded in amassing much wealth through means of trade. ... However, as Wall, (1), notes, these laws led only to many more Irish Roman Catholics seeking a living within the trade industry. ... MacGeehin, (3), explains that Irish Roman Catholics had a lower standard of living than Protestants, Catholic artisans were willing to work for lower wages, out of necessity, than ...
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