A Wee Bit O' Irish History
1366
Lionel of Antwerp, the Duke of Clarence, was appointed as viceroy to Ireland by Edward III, and authored the Statutes of Kilkenny, which forbid intermarriage of English and Irish.
I wonder why the King was so interested in whom people marry. What was his opinion of the Irish that categorized them non-marriage material?
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