He also agreed, again reluctantly, to restore to Irish Catholics the lands confiscated from their families after the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, by confiscating the lands of those (predominantly Protestants) who opposed him and supported William.
Derudover gik han, igen modstræbende, med til at genetablere de jorder der var blevet frataget katolikker efter Cromwells erobring af Irland, ved at konfiskere land fra de der kæmpede imod ham(primært protestanter) og som støttede Vilhelm.