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Excerpt from History of the Families of McKinney-Brady-Quigley <p>The facts and traditions regarding the progenitors of our race, are linked very closely with the conquest of Ire land by the English. In 1166 Pope Adrian gave a grant to the English, based on two conditions - that their govern ment must assert its sovereignty, and that the present Pope and each successor should have an annual income of one penny from each Irish family. From this we learn of Peter's pence. <p>Not easy to subdue was the sturdy Irishman, and rather than submit to English rule, he was reduced to abject poverty and wretchedness. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.