Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

If you ask the English you will get mixed positive or negative response regarding Oliver Cromwell. The Irish only have one opinion of him and it is not a good one, and for good reason. Whether you ...

“Thrilled,” exclaimed Cromwell. “It’s so competitive, I haven’t won a Grade One in Ireland in over four years. That’s just the nature of how competitive it is, but he’s a proper one.

It is believed that King James II, followed by Charles I and then Oliver Cromwell, sold over 500,000 Irish Catholics into slavery throughout the 1600s. Irish men, women and children were forced to ...

After the death of Cromwell, the Protectorate regime collapses and amid wild popular jubilation Charles II is confirmed as King of England, Ireland and Scotland. Rumoured to be a Catholic ...

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Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...