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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 gate is the last of ten that surrounded the city of Drogheda prior to Cromwell's siege of the town in 1649. The heavy artillery fire of the English army decimated the defensive structures with little effort, and the attack left the town in…

This letter holds a very detailed first hand account of Cromwell's attack on the town of Drogheda. In the letter, Cromwell depicts his offer of surrender to Sir Arthur Ashton, and the specifics of the bloodshed that occurred due to the Governor's…

This letter, along with a brief description of the attack on Drogheda, depicts Cromwell's justification for the actions that were taken against the citizens of Drogheda. He advocates that the decisions he made during the attack were for the greater…

This portrait of Oliver Cromwell, is one of many works done by Dutch painter Peter Lely. This portrait was done in the second half of the 17th century. During this time, Oliver Cromwell launched a campaign against Ireland in order to quell the rising…