During Cromwell’s campaigns in Ireland, Parliamentary forces beat an Irish commander to death with his own wooden leg because they thought he had concealed gold in it.
During Cromwell’s campaigns in Ireland, Parliamentary forces beat an Irish commander to death with his own wooden leg because they thought he had concealed gold in it.
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Makes me rethink everything I know about Cromwell
There are streets in Belfast named after Cromwell and his forerunner in genocide against Ireland Arthur Chichester.
Of course political Unionism is desperate to change the name in order to make nationalists feel more welcome in the shared, equal future NI which respects both traditions.
The real question is did they find any gold in the leg?
To be pedantic, it was the commander of the English royalist forces, Sir Arthur Aston, who was killed with his own leg. The English royalists controlled Drogheda and were allied with the Irish confederation at the time but I’m not sure I’d call him an Irish commander.
Cash for Gold has a lot to answer to