Analysis of Irish Church property and its historic rights
The author surveys centuries of church endowments and state ownership in Ireland, arguing for a just settlement that reshapes ownership between public and private property. He traces from private foundations to tithes, Reformation confiscations, glebes, and modern state aided construction, urging a legal redress that preserves justice while acknowledging government gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick
Ireland
Church of England
Henry the Eighth
Elizabeth
James
Cromwell
Programme to clear ground and publish in a series of papers
The author outlines a plan to remove the oldest materials next week and complete the proposed scheme in a sequence of papers. The work aims to fill the reader's patience with substantial yet concise installments.
Disestablishment and Disendowment in Ireland: Russell and Currents
The Fort Russell pamphlet argues for equal justice in Ireland and outlines three paths to achieve it. It favors a future Free Church of Ireland, free from state control, with provisions for endowments to Presbyterians and Roman Catholics funded by a new Irish Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
England
Pitt
Lord Grey
Protestant Episcopal Church of Ireland
Protestant Episcopal Church
Scotland
Free Episcopal Church of
Duke of Athole
Dunkeld
Church of Ireland
Earl Russell
Lord Macaulay
Mr. Bright
Fox
Old Leaven
Presbyterian Church of Ireland
Board of
Free Church of Ireland
Judicial Committee of Privy Council
Church of England
Commission of Irish Convocation
Episcopal Church of Scotland
Parliament