<P> From 1607 , Catholics were barred from holding public office or serving in the Irish Army . This meant that the Irish Privy Council and the Lords Justice who , along with the Lord Deputy of Ireland , constituted the government of the country , would in future be Anglicans . In 1613 , the constituencies of the Irish House of Commons were altered to give plantation settlers a majority . In addition , Catholics in all three Kingdoms had to pay ' recusant fines ' for non-attendance at Anglican services . Catholic churches were transferred to the Anglican Church of Ireland . Catholic services , however , were generally tacitly tolerated as long as they were conducted in private . Catholic priests were also tolerated , but bishops were forced to operate clandestinely . In 1634 the issue of the `` Graces '' arose ; generous taxation for Charles I ( whose Queen Henrietta Maria was Catholic ) was supported by Irish Catholic landlords on the understanding that the laws would be reformed , but once the tax was passed , Charles ' viceroy refused two of the 51 Graces , and subsequent bills were blocked by the Catholic majority in the Irish House of Lords . </P>
<P> From 1607 , Catholics were barred from holding public office or serving in the Irish Army . This meant that the Irish Privy Council and the Lords Justice who , along with the Lord Deputy of Ireland , constituted the government of the country , would in future be Anglicans . In 1613 , the constituencies of the Irish House of Commons were altered to give plantation settlers a majority . In addition , Catholics in all three Kingdoms had to pay ' recusant fines ' for non-attendance at Anglican services . Catholic churches were transferred to the Anglican Church of Ireland . Catholic services , however , were generally tacitly tolerated as long as they were conducted in private . Catholic priests were also tolerated , but bishops were forced to operate clandestinely . In 1634 the issue of the `` Graces '' arose ; generous taxation for Charles I ( whose Queen Henrietta Maria was Catholic ) was supported by Irish Catholic landlords on the understanding that the laws would be reformed , but once the tax was passed , Charles ' viceroy refused two of the 51 Graces , and subsequent bills were blocked by the Catholic majority in the Irish House of Lords . </P>
when were the penal laws passed in ireland
when were the penal laws passed in ireland
1607
1607