Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above : Portrait Of Cromwell In November (1660) a ” Declaration regarding the Settlement of Ireland ” was issued by the King. He began by acknowledging the great services rendered to him by Irish officers and soldiers during his exile. He then went on to set forth the difficulty of reconciling the different interests in [...]

Flower of Restoration Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, and was succeeded by his sun Richard as lord protector. In England there was an obvious growing’ desire to restore the monarchy. In Ireland the two most powerful parliamentarians, Sir Charles Coote in Ulster, and Roger Boyle, lord Broghill, in Munster, son of the great earl of [...]