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Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000 year lease for the brewery at St. Jame's Gate. The rent was £45 per year for the establishment. The brewery was rundown and had been on the market for ten years. It covered four acres of land and had its own water…

Arthur Guinness was born in 1725 in Celbridge, Kildare. His God father was Arthur Price the Archbishop of Cashel, who subsequently Arthur Guinness was named for. When the Archbishop died in 1752 he left Arthur and his father £100 each. With this…

This is an image depicting Cromwell and his army at Dunbar, serving to provide visual comprehension of the standards of Cromwell's men.

This Image depicts the slaughter of innocents during the Siege of Drogheda in 1649. Though Cromwell gave no specific orders that civilians were to be killed, he did order that anyone who bore arms be cut down, and as a result, many innocent people…

This is a photograph of a present day reenactment of the battle between Aston and Cromwell's men after the Parliamentary forces manage to enter the city.

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, the man who led the campaign in Ireland that ended the Irish confederate wars. He and his men reestablished English rule in Ireland after the English Civil War.

This image provides an accurate depiction of the layout for the city of Drogheda in the time period that the siege of 1649 took place. This image allows for a visual understanding of where specific actions took place during the battle.

The Black and Tans in Ireland were mainly British soldiers who were unemployed after WWI. They were the creation of Winston Churchill. They were sent to Ireland to fight the Irish Republican Army. Their brutality in Ireland still causes bad memories…

The Cairo Gang were undercover British spies who provided information to the British on activities of the Irish Republican Army. Many of these men were assassinated on21 November 1920.

Artist depiction of The Easter Rising. The Rising was led by Irish republicans with the intent of ending British rule in Ireland. Their goal was to create an Irish Republic while Britain was involved in World War I. It was the most significant…