Intensely loyal to their race, the Irish were subjected in all things to the Parliament at London, in which their small minority of representatives had little influence save in holding a balance of power between the two contending English parties.

爱尔兰人对他们的种族非常忠诚，在所有事情上都服从于伦敦的议会，他们的少数代表在议会中几乎没有影响力， 除了在两个竞争的英国政党之间保持权力平衡。