A good heritage/ tourism story getting in the way of historical facts?

In late September 2013 a number of flags appeared on the towers of the longest town walls in the Republic of Ireland. The flags carry the image of a typical seventeenth-century English gent, the tip of his sword to the ground, hand on hip, head turned, balanced neatly by the plume of his hat. The ... Read more

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