“There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister.”

— Boyle Roche

In parliament, defending the proposed union of Ireland with Great Britain.
[Barrington, Jonah, Personal sketches and recollections of his own times, Chapter XVII https://archive.org/details/personalsketche06barrgoog]

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Irish politician 1736–1807

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