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Poynings Act is one of a series of Acts passed by the Parliament convened by Sir Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy, at Drogheda Irreland, in 1494-5. This Parliament was called to assist the Lord Deputy in his task of reducing Ireland to “whole and perfect obedience”. Its a testament to the stubbornness of the Irish that even 300 years later the British government in Ireland so feared the downtrodden and disenfranchised Irish that they felt the need to warn Irishmen that wearing a shamrock — or any green, the Irish ethnic color — was considered displaying an insignia of rebellion, punishable by hanging for high treason.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:35:59 +0000

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