On the First of January 1801, the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland came into effect, thereby creating the United Kingdom of Ireland and Great Britain.
The last of the penal laws had only just been repealed a few years earlier.
On the First of January 1801, the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland came into effect, thereby creating the United Kingdom of Ireland and Great Britain.
The last of the penal laws had only just been repealed a few years earlier.
