Category: 17th century history
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Insights into Penal Laws and Catholic Clergy Registration
In 1705, a government publication documented Catholic clergy in Ireland under the Penal Laws, including Lucan and Clondalkin’s “Popish Parish Priests.” It listed details like names, ages, parishes, ordination dates, and their bishops. Notable priests included Francis Hughs and James Buttler, with details on their ordinations but lacking guarantor information.
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A survey of Lucan from 1680! Can you help us recognise anything?
By Helen Farrell & Aoife Tierney, SOL Committee. In 2021, soon after Covid restrictions lifted, I [HF] visited the National Library to access some of the Vesey Papers in the Manuscript room. I was extremely excited to find the 1699 map of Lucan, but another fascinating document was in the…