Choosing Religious Atrocities in Ireland
Alec Ryrie
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11 June 2026
17 June 2026
Nowhere in Europe have the wars of religion lasted longer than in Ireland. At the heart of this are two rival sets of memories of atrocities: above all, Protestants recall the massacres of the 1641 rebellion, and Catholics recall the massacres perpetrated by Oliver Cromwell in 1649.
A lecture by Alec Ryrie 1 April
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