Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

1588 was the Armada year. The King of Spain’s great fleet was foiled in its attack on England, and many of the vessels, ” flying from the wind and their enemies,” doubled round the north of Scotland, and went to pieces on the rocky coasts of western and northern Ireland. The majority of the crews [...]

Above: A PICTURE OF THOMAS WENTWORTH The EARL OF STRAFFORD, 1641. AFTER the fall of Strafford the Irish Government was administered by two Lord Justices, Parsons and Borlase. Both were supposed to be Puritanical in their sympathies, and soon they made themselves most unpopular. Both opposed the concessions to the Catholics, which Charles, anxious for [...]