TEXT The Irish Problem
Ulster had begun an uprising and attacked the
planters who had been settled 30 years before.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 Protestant planters
were murdered by the Irish at places such as
Portadown. Due to the war, the English did
nothing about this and the death-toll became
heavily exaggerated over time. In 1649, after
the Civil War had ended, Cromwell landed at
Dublin with 12,000 men with the intention of
punishing those who had uprisen. He first
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