Thousands of families were now cast upon the mercy of the new proprietors, whose will was their only law; and a considerable number of persons were deprived of the alms which these religious so freely distributed to the sick and the aged.

Poverty multiplied fearfully, and discontent in proportion.

You will see, by a careful perusal of this history, that the descendants of the very men who had driven out the original proprietors of Irish estates, were in turn driven out themselves by the next set of colonists.

It was a just retribution, but it was none the less terrible.

Banishments and confiscations were the rule by which Irish property was administered.