LETTERS, SPEECHES, AND TRACTS
ON
IRISH AFFAIRS.
I.
TRACTS relative to the Laws against Popery in Ireland.[1]
Chapter I.
Fragments of a Tract on the Popery Laws.
The Plan.
I PROPOSE first to make an introduction, in order to show the propriety of a closer inspection into the affairs of Ireland; and this takes up the first chapter; which is to be spent in this introductory matter, and in stating the Popery Laws in general as one leading cause of the imbecility of the country.
- ↑ The condition of the Roman Catholics in Ireland appears to have engaged the attention of Mr. Burke at a very early period of Ms political life. It was probably soon after the year 1765, that he formed
