Cromwellian Conversations 32: Oliver Cromwell and Ireland
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2023
- In August 1649 Oliver Cromwell arrived in Ireland with a large army and orders from the English Parliament to subjugate the country and bring it back under English control for the first time since the major rebellion in the autumn of 1641 and the Confederate Wars that followed. Over the next 9 months Cromwell pursued a ruthlessly efficient campaign, including two bloody sieges at Drogheda and Wexford. This campaign, the wars that followed and the land settlement imposed by the Westminster government has left Cromwell's name as one of the most reviled in Irish history.
In this video the eminent historian John Morrill, Professor of British and Irish History at the University of Cambridge discusses these events in conversation with Cromwell Museum Curator Stuart Orme, looking at the story behind the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland, whilst dispelling some myths along the way.
I am surprised this hasnt had more views.
Very interesting, such a complex time... as an irishman, I had never really thought how entwined the civil war in britain was with the plantation.
Inspite of all the pretence of being a gentleman and a religious man he was an animal .
His legacy and his name will NEVER be forgotten here ( wexford )
I take joy each day knowing this town is Irish and not english .
A fascinating account that may provide a hint of what is contained in the forthcoming book.
This "Conversation" is my introduction to your youtube channel. I would rank it alongside Alec Ryrie's "Chosing Religious Attocities in Ireland" on the Gresham College channel. Professor Morrill's encounter with brolly wielding lady shows the persistence of trauma in folk memory despite distance alternatively many find disagreement intolerable. I look forward to the rest of your videos. Cromwell seems to me qualitatively different from other English and British leaders concerning Ireland despite the brevity of his visit.
One aspect not covered is language. The majority spoke Irish , so tribunals conducted in English would not be comparable to any held in Britain in terms of justice. Indentures written in language understood by one party are unlikely to offer even formal protections. Perhaps this would have been a complexity toomany for the time avaliable. The Down Survey and land tenure that followed were key to much of the conflict that followed. Cromwell's curse was dispossession and poverty rather than merely the events of Drogheda and Wexford.
Could you please do an episode on the Parliamentary surrender of the English American colonies ca. 1655?
What influence does John Owen have on Cromwell? I know that he campaigned with him for a time
Well he had a choice he could fight on the native's terms and become embroiled in an endless guerrilla campaign which favoures the guerrilla or he could make one or two examples and ultimately save lives and win
make an example? an example of what? that you shouldn't be allowed to live on your own land, speak your own language, and eat your own food?
as long as you dont bother about long term repercusions
Stuart, can I ask a question on the civil war?
Learning about the English civil war is always such a rollercoaster.
Excellent, keep them coming.
Cromwell cost 18 paratrooper idiot's their lives in Warren point in 1979... sometimes it takes centuries...
By engaging in the conquest of Ireland, Cromwell threw the English republic out the window.