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The Treaty Stone

Limerick

The stone on which a broken treaty was said to be signed.

After two sieges of Limerick, the Jacobite army surrendered in October 1691. The Treaty of Limerick promised religious tolerance for Catholics, but the Irish Parliament never honoured it, and harsh Penal Laws followed.

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When
1691
Where
52.6700, -8.6200
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Across Thomond Bridge from King John's Castle.

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