Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Results of the Cromwellian Settlement The story of the Munster and of the Ulster Plantations was repeated. The English who remained, especially the soldiers, ignored the prohibition against intermarrying with the native Irish. They took to themselves Irish Catholic wives, and their children, following the mothers, became Irish in habit, tongue and creed. Some of [...]

Above : Painting Of Oliver Cromwell During the six years of Commonwealth rule that followed the Cromwellian Settlement, Ireland had but httle history. The religious rites of the Catholic Church were forbidden, and all priests were ordered to leave the countrv. Catholics were excluded from offices of trust, and could not administer justice keep school [...]