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The Ulster Cycle
Containing over eighty stories, including the famous Táin Bo Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) the Ulster Cycle is the largest of the Irish Mythological Cycles.
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The Act of Union 1800
After the Irish rebellion of 1798, the British Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger assigned two of his best men to bring Ireland into union with Great Britain.
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Henry Grattan (1746-1820)
Henry Grattan led the Irish Patriots in their quest for full legislative independence from England.
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Oliver Plunkett (1625-81) and the Popish Plot
Oliver Plunkett fought hard to restore the Catholic Church after the Confederate War, but the enemies he made would later testify against him during the Popish Plot.
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Sir Charles Coote
Sir Charles Cooted was one of the few Englishmen to survive the Confederate War, English Civil War, and then benefit from the Act of Settlement.
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Oliver Cromwell in Ireland 1649
During the nine months he spent in Ireland, Oliver Cromwell helped bring an end to the Confederate War and caused the famous massacres at Drogheda and Wexford.
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St. Patrick's Escape
As a young man, Saint Patrick was kidnapped from his home in Britain and spent six years in Ireland before escaping.
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