Cromwell and Ireland with Prof. Micheál Ó Siochrú

I speak with Micheál Ó Siochrú, Professor in Modern History at Trinity College Dublin about the Irish Confederacy, its strengths and successes, the place of Oliver Cromwell in Irish history, and whether the conquest was genocidal in intention and outcome.

Interested listeners might enjoy reading:

• Micheál Ó Siochrú, Confederate Ireland, 1642-1649, 1999
• Micheál Ó Siochrú, God’s Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland, 2008.

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