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property, and to enjoy it equally with Protestants. In 1792 and 1793 the learned professions were to a certain extent opened to Catholics—the grand-jury box, the magistracy, partial rank in the army, were all conceded by the Irish Protestants to their Catholic fellow-countrymen. But, greatest of all, the elective franchise was restored. Under these circumstances, but for the Union, ' full and complete emancipation would have been conceded before 1803."[1]
- ↑ Discussion in Dublin Corporation on Repeal of the Union in 1843, p. 50.
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