Lord Beazly, Ireland

In 1654, 1656 and 1659, an act of settlement was enacted to parcel out land among the soldiers and creditors of the Commonwealth, and only those Irish landowners able to prove their constant support of the Parliamentary cause escaped having their estates confiscated.

Charles I (1625-49) and the commonwealth (1649-60) were responsible for the raising of armies and thus uprisings occurred.

The Commonwealth was a union of England, Scotland, and Ireland effected in 1653.

Of these, those who catholic were still obliged to exchange land owned to the northeast or south of the river Shannon for land in Connaught, Galway is in Connaught.

Under William III, protestants were the only members of Parliament.  He defeated James II in 1690.  The Catholics supported James II.  They lost all their property. If they accepted Williams regime they were exempt from discriminatory laws.

Lord Beazly gave money and soldiers to Charles I who was catholic.  He then received land under the commonwealth as a Catholic in Galway.  I didn't find a direct reference to Lord Beazly; however, it is the only reference to the prayer book of Geffory Beasley.  Charles I and then later the Commonwealth gave land to supporters of both.  Soldiers also received land.  This is the only traceable historical event to this era.  Aunt Minnie Howe told me about Lord Beazly.

In 1828-29 repeal of the Test Act and Catholic emancipation provided for political equality.  The great potatoe famine of the 1840's caused further emigrations.  Charles I and the commonwealth gave land to Lord Beasley in return for money and soldiers.  They were catholics, thus received land near Galway.

The exiles who came to America gave money to support Venianism.  They failed in 1865, they were imprisoned.  The funding continued for a nation wide uprising.

Grandfather took advantage of it to sell his property in 1881 under the land act of 1881.  A famine was projected.  You can assume with support from Irish exiles, a famine is a nationwide uprising.  He would not want a constant changing of land reforms.  It was not a lasting reform.

The potatoe blight of the 1840's cause no proceeds from the crops, a famine resulted.

A 'vision' was given probably during the 1840's to Grandfather Beasley to give him freedom from the constant land reforms and uprisings.  When he came to America, he would not do what anyone said.  He had done it all.  I certainly can understand why after 1840 that anyone would want to leave for the freedom from violence in America.

I assume my assumptions are correct.  This is the only reference that is in the Encyclopedia Brittanica 1985.  The rest is my logical assumptions.

This land from Lord Beazly was south of the Shannon River.  This was town was Innashannon.