Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Painting Of King Charles I , King At The Time It has been already mentioned that one of the ways in which the Lord Deputy had hoped to render Ireland useful to the English Crown was by supplying Charles with a body of efficient troops, who would be wholly under his control, and [...]

Above : Picture Of Earl Strafford In 1639, Wentworth was created Earl of Strafford, and exchanged the title of Lord Deputy for the more honourable one of Lord Lieutenant. In Ireland he was not particularly unpopular with the masses of the populat ion ; nor was there any reason why he should be. His repression [...]