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The Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

Darcy, Eamon

Paperback

Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New, Book 86

General World HistoryIrish HistoryOther Wars

ISBN10: 0861933362
ISBN13: 9780861933365
Publisher: Royal Historical Soc
Published: Jun 18 2015
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
A new investigation into the 1641 Irish rebellion, contrasting its myth with the reality.

After an evening spent drinking with Irish conspirators, an inebriated Owen Connelly confessed to the main colonial administrators in Ireland that a plot was afoot to root out and destroy Ireland's English and Protestant population. Within days English colonists in Ireland believed that a widespread massacre of Protestant settlers was taking place. Desperate for aid, they began to canvass their colleagues in England for help, claiming that they were surrounded by an evil popish menace bent on destroying their community. Soon sworn statements, later called the 1641 depositions, confirmed their fears (despite little by way of eye-witness testimony). In later years, Protestant commentators could point to the 1641 rebellion as proof of Catholic barbarity and perfidy. However, as the author demonstrates, despite some of the outrageous claims made in the depositions, the myth of 1641 became more important than the reality.

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