The Irish Problem
The Irish Problem
"The curse of Cromwell on you"
Oliver Cromwell...
Detested Roman Catholicism
Believed that the Irish could never be trusted
Used Irish land as a way to pay
1652 "Cromwellian Settlement" in Munster and and Leinster
Was a cruel man: claimed to be acting on God's behalf and expelled about 1000
Catholic priests from Ireland
The main reason for this was Cromwell's belief in
fundamental Protestantism and hatred of Catholicism
A church place for religious
people to meet each other
Oliver Cromwell
Attempts to 'solve' the Irish
problem
New Model Army
Coerce the Irish into obedience
export children from Ireland
to the sugar plantations in the
West Indies, so that Ireland
would suffer from a long term
population loss
Extreme poverty
Dissolving of the problem
In 1660, Cromwell died and was
buried in state in Westminster Abbey
Parliament reinstated the monarchy
with Charles 2nd
Charles relaxed the anti-Catholic
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