ðɪ ˈækt wʌz wˈʌn ʌv sˈɛvɹəl pɹəpˈoʊzd tə dˈiːl wɪð wʌt ðə pɹˈɑːɾɪstənt ɐsˈɛndənsi vjˈuːd æz ðə bˈɑːɹbɚɹəs pɹˈæktɪsᵻz ʌvðə ɡˈeɪlɪk ˈaɪɹɪʃ.
The act was one of several proposed to deal with what the Protestant Ascendancy viewed as the barbarous practices of the Gaelic Irish.