Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Picture Of Charles I In the Declaration issued from Breda before his return to England, Charles had promised that, with certain exceptions—those, as it afterwards appeared, of the regicides who had signed Charles I*s death-warrant—none of his subjects, ” of what degree of guilt soever,” should find, that ” any crime whatsoever ” [...]

Above : Picture Of Charles II On September 3rd, 1658, Oliver Cromwell died, and in the following May the army forced Richard, his incapable son, to resign the Protectorship. All over England there was a strong Royalist feeling, and it was evident that the exiled King, Charles II, would soon be restored. In Ireland, Coote [...]