This is the unique study of the impact on Ireland of the Popish Plot and 'Exclusion Crisis' (1678-81), and the related role that Ireland played within the crisis in England at that time.This is the first comprehensive study of the Popish Plot crisis in relation to Ireland. It is based on original research. It fills a significant gap in the study of Restoration Ireland. It features important complement to existing literature in the much-studied area of the Catholic crisis in Britain.The first expansive study of how when the Popish Plot of 1678 came to light, fears of an Irish Catholic rebellion amongst Ireland's uneasy Protestant elite, who dominated over the Catholic majority population, were manipulated in England in an attempt to block the Catholic Duke of York from succeeding to the throne.

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