the treaty of limerick it is sometimes forgotten that with sarsfield and the other wild geese gone and with the treaty of limerick broken one of western europe's most savage bodies of legislation with the possible exception of laws designed to persecute the jews collectively known as the penal laws was introduced designed to reduce the catholic irish to a stte of abject misery any reputable historian of th century ireland can be consulted and the worst horrors of that legislation examined the repeal of the last of the penal lawswas only completed in when the catholic kerry barrister daniel o'connell took his seat in the house of commons catholic liberation as can be seen from from the page on ireland and the jews o'connell also supported legislation designed to remove discrimination against the jews finally please note that i have sent an email november to the bbc re their page on the williamite wars and in particular the final line a century of peace ensued in ireland to date i have received a letter email of acknowledgement but no change has occurred on the bbc site