The breed was also used as a hunting dog and a guard dog. They hunted wolves and elks when they were abundant in Ireland. Oliver Cromwell saved the Irish wolfhound by refusing to allow the export ...

Cromwell in Ireland is a two-part RTÉ documentary to be broadcast in September 2008. It is produced by Irish television production company Tile Films and is described as an examination of "that ...

They take a look at the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland and ask: was Cromwell really that bad? Oliver Cromwell’s campaign in Ireland is still a controversial subject amongst historians.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...