Queen Anne's Reign.

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CHAPTER IV.

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"Act to discourage the Growth of Popery."
-Sir Taby Butler heard at the Bar of the Houses of Parliament. ·
Immense Emigration.- Priest Hunting. - Pri-

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His Character.
mate McMahon.

Irish Catholics abroad.

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CHAPTER V..

Irish Colleges at Louvain, Paris, Rome, Lis-
bon, &c.-Irish Soldiers in Foreign Service. - The Irish Brigade
in France. How their Reputation reacted on England.

CHAPTER VI.

The Jacobites and the Irish Catholics.

- The Stuarts consulted at

Rome on the Appointment of Irish Bishops. — The Rapparees. -
The Wandering Ministrels and "Newsmen."

BOOK III.

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CHAPTER I.

Irish Parties in the Reign of George II.-

-"The Patriots."

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"The

Castle Party."-Increase of the Catholics. Establishment of
Charter Schools. Swift's Portraits of the Protestant Prelates.
Battle of Culloden.- Change of Catholics' Tactics.

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