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The Penal Laws: How Ireland's Catholic Majority Was Subjugated
In the century after the Williamite War, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy enacted a brutal code of laws designed to dismantle Catholic power. This episode examines the Penal Laws — not just the famous restrictions on land and worship, but the lesser-known clauses that shattered family inheritance, outlawed education, and forced priests into hiding. Lucas and Luna trace how these laws created a Catholic underclass, drove the rise of 'hedge schools' and secret Mass-houses, and shaped the sectarian fault lines that persist into modern times. Along the way, they meet figures like…
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