The Chalice of Limerick is a historical novel about a dark period in the history of the people of Ireland leading up to the penal times (1695-1829) and its aftermath.
Seventeen of these were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1992..
Forty-nine Catholics from County Roscommon protested their loss of "due liberties" as citizens of Ireland and were executed for treason.
Bishop Turlough O\'Brien, bishop of Limerick, was executed in October 1851 following the Siege of Limerick.
He is the patron saint of peace and reconciliation.
He was declared a saint by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
The archbishop of Armagh, Oliver Plunkett, was executed on July 1, 1681.
There were several people who gave their lives in martyrdom for their faith.
Charles Steward Parnell led the Irish Parliamentary Party (1888-1891).
It also sought to end landlordism.
The Land League was formed in 1878 to help struggling tenant farmers.
Daniel O\'Connell was responsible for the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829.
Our gratitude goes to the political leaders who rose to bring about change.
Yet the country was exporting enough food to feed twelve million.
The population of Ireland at the time of the Great Famine was estimated at eight million.
The Irish people forced by oppression had become dependent on one crop.
In the laws of nature, any given crop can fail.
The Great Famine was caused by a blight on the potato crop which extended for three years.
Another two million migrated in search of a better life.
An estimated one million people died during the Great Famine which could have been avoided.
It shows the tenacity of a people of deep faith, willing to make extraordinary sacrifices during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
It is a story of audaciousness and resilience.
The Chalice of Limerick is a historical novel about a dark period in the history of the people of Ireland leading up to the penal times (1695-1829) and its aftermath
