Together the two acts eliminated the rights of the Irish to make their own laws, mint their own currency, or exercise supreme judicial and legislative authority in their country. This enraged many Irish nationalists. These "Patriots," as they came to be known, initiated an aggressive fight for Irish independence from Great Britain.
The rise of the Irish Protestants and patriotism. Among those Patriots calling for Irish independence was Jonathan Swift. Although he had lived much of his life in England, Swift was born and died an Irishman. Appointed dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1713, Swift was a devoted Protestant who supported the so-called Protestant Ascendancy. This was the coming to power of the Protestant landed class in the largely Catholic country of Ireland. These Irish Protestants included Patriots such as Swift who were fiercely anti-English and strongly supported the Church of Ireland-the equivalent of the Church of England in Ireland. Swift spent a considerable amount of effort defending the Church of Ireland from Protestants who dissented or refused to join it, such as the Presbyterians.
Irish Patriot tradition.
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