«English Interference with Irish Industries» by J.G. Swift MacNeill

English Interference with Irish Industries talks about the material damages inflicted upon Ireland by the commercial or anti-commercial arrangements of Great Britain. John Gordon Swift MacNeill (1849 — 1926) was the Irish Protestant Nationalist politician and MP, in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Here MacNeill outlines the political relations of Ireland to Great Britain that let such deals possible; the principal laws made by the English Parliament in restraint of Irish trade stating them plainly and popularly; the resistance of the English Government to the endeavors of the Irish Parliament to encourage Irish trade; the instantaneous outcomes of English legislation on Irish trade; the Irish Volunteer Movement and free trade; the commercial arrangements between Great Britain and Ireland; the commercial contracts effected between Great Britain and Ireland by the Act of Legislative Union. Content The Political Relations of Ireland to Great Britain English Legislation in Restraint of Irish Trade English Opposition to Efforts of the Irish Parliament in Favour of Irish Trade The Immediate Effects of English Legislation on Irish Trade The Irish Volunteer Movement and Free Trade The Commercial Arrangements between England and Ireland, 1782–1800 The Commercial Arrangements between England and Ireland effected by the Act of Legislative Union