While #Britain was still using the #julianCalendar, #Catholics in #Ireland had to seek permission from the #pope to celebrate festivals on the wrong days because Catholicism was, to all intents and purposes, illegal at the time.

#PenalLaws

The Declaration of Indulgence (1672) suspended the execution of the Penal Laws and attempted to extend religious freedom for Protestant nonconformists & Catholics. But this supposedly tolerant measure was met with heavy criticism.

@pseaward1 explains 👇
http://ow.ly/CST750Lgni9

#Catholic #PenalLaws #CharlesII #Restoration #Histodons #Religion