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Hearth money and associations stir Irish House debate
In a November 10 session, Irish MPs debated taxing hearths amid hardship as Kearney pressed to know the number of houses with one hearth. Grattan warned against new taxes while advocating free trade to unite the people. Brownlow and Cavendish warned against coercion and sedition, arguing constituents cannot override reason. The discourse foreshadowed broader tensions between taxation, popular associations, and economic reform.
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Ma“son
O’hara
Ger
Joseph Deane
Kuldcenny
Dublin Society
Gamble
Killibegs
Bailyshannon
Monk ‘Mason
Boyle Roche
Grattan
Ireland
England
Mr. Kearney
Brownlow
Win Kearney
Servants of the Crown
Kearney
Mr. Grattan
Great Britain
Speaker
Henry Cavendish
Charles the First
Hon
Ogle
Charles I
Gratton
H. Cavendish