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== Some Compelling Reasons Why The Irish Emigrated == | == Some Compelling Reasons Why The Irish Emigrated == | ||
The intolerable conditions in Ireland that forced Irish emigrants to leave the country were mostly due to the following four reasons: | The intolerable conditions in Ireland that forced Irish (especially Catholic) emigrants to leave the country were mostly due to the following four reasons: | ||
=== Political Culture of Persecution === | === Political Culture of Persecution === | ||
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*total distrust of Catholics’ loyalty to the Crown | *total distrust of Catholics’ loyalty to the Crown | ||
Harsh Penal laws enacted by the Crown government from 1695, stripped many | Harsh Penal laws enacted by the Crown government from 1695, stripped many Nonconformists and all Catholics of their rights to— | ||
*vote | *vote | ||