Protestant Ascendancy

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historical social class political order ruling elite

The Protestant Ascendancy was the politically and economically dominant Anglican elite in Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th century, who controlled land, government, and institutions over a largely Catholic population.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Protestant Ascendancy canonical	7
Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland	3
Anglo-Irish ascendancy	2
Irish Protestant Ascendancy	2
Anglo-Irish Ascendancy	1
Protestant establishment	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical social class ⓘ political order ⓘ ruling elite ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Ireland ⓘ
controlled	Parliament of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Irish Parliament Irish judiciary ⓘ established church in Ireland ⓘ land ownership in Ireland ⓘ local government in Ireland ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
declineCause	Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ surface form: Act of Union 1800 Catholic Emancipation 1829 ⓘ land reforms in Ireland ⓘ
discriminatedAgainst	Irish Presbyterians ⓘ surface form: Presbyterians in Ireland Roman Catholics in Ireland ⓘ
dominantChurch	Church of Ireland ⓘ
economicActivity	landlordism ⓘ
economicBasis	large landed estates ⓘ
endTime	early 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Irish ⓘ English settlers in Ireland ⓘ Old English ⓘ
hasPart	Anglican bishops ⓘ surface form: Anglican bishops and clergy in Ireland Irish Protestant landed elite ⓘ
historicalPeriod	18th century Ireland ⓘ Early Modern Ireland ⓘ
historicalRegion	Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ surface form: Penal Laws
legalPrivilege	exclusive right to sit in Irish Parliament ⓘ monopoly of senior public offices in Ireland ⓘ
mainOpposedGroup	Irish Catholics ⓘ Presbyterians in Ulster ⓘ
opposedBy	Irish Catholic peasantry ⓘ Irish nationalist movement ⓘ United Irishmen ⓘ
politicalIdeology	Protestantism ⓘ
politicalPosition	support for British rule in Ireland ⓘ
politicalPowerBase	Irish House of Commons ⓘ Irish House of Lords ⓘ
relatedConcept	Anglo-Irish ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Irish aristocracy Penal Laws in Ireland ⓘ surface form: Penal Laws against Catholics in Ireland
religiousAffiliation	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
significantEvent	Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ surface form: Act of Union 1800 Catholic Emancipation Act 1829 ⓘ surface form: Catholic Emancipation Glorious Revolution ⓘ Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
socialClass	aristocracy ⓘ landed gentry ⓘ
startTime	late 17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Ireland → religiousContext → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

British aristocracy → influencedBy → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant establishment

War of the Two Kings → followedBy → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland

Anglo-Irish → associatedWith → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

Anglo-Irish → relatedConcept → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Protestant Ascendancy

Irish House of Lords → associatedWith → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

Treaty of Limerick → relatedTo → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland

Society of United Irishmen → opposedTo → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

United Irishmen → opposedTo → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

Boyle family → politicalAlignment → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

Lady Lucy Anne FitzGerald → partOf → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Irish ascendancy

James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare → politicalAlignment → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Irish Protestant Ascendancy

Marquess of Downshire in the Peerage of Ireland → historicalAssociation → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

subject surface form: Marquess of Downshire

this entity surface form: Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland

Wingfield family → politicalAlignmentHistorical → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Irish Ascendancy

British administration in Ireland → religiousPolicy → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

Sir Edward O'Brien → socialClass → Protestant Ascendancy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Irish ascendancy