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    The Act of Settlement 1662 (14 & 15 Chas. 2 Sess. 4. c. 2 (I)) was passed by the Irish Parliament in Dublin. It was a partial reversal of the Cromwellian...
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  • the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Act of Settlement 1662, a partial reversal of the Act of Settlement of 1652 Poor Relief Act 1662 ("the Settlement Act"),...
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    Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12) was an Act of the Cavalier Parliament of England. It was an Act for the Better Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom...
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    assent. In 1662, an Act of Settlement 1662 (after the Restoration) aimed to reduce its effect on Protestant and "innocent Catholics". This Act returned...
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    Restoration of 1660 by the Act of Settlement 1662. Others took the losing side in the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–91), and a much smaller number of them...
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    later, breaking the power of the semi-independent Irish chieftains. As part of the conquest, plantations (colonial settlements) were established in Queen's...
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    holiday under the Act of Settlement 1662. Traditional celebrations to commemorate the event often entailed the wearing of oak apples (a type of plant gall,...
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    landownership fell to 8–9%. After some restitution in the Restoration Act of Settlement 1662, it rose to 20% again. In Ulster, the Cromwellian period eliminated...
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    Ireland Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 67), assigned by the Short Titles Act 1896. The short title of the act of the Irish Parliament is Act of Union (Ireland)...
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    II of England restored about a third of the confiscated land to the former landlords in the Act of Settlement 1662, but not all, as he needed political...
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