Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy, Tom Reilly. (Brandon Press, £17.99) ISBN 0863222501

Tom Reilly is a local historian and has published several local history books on Cromwell and Drogheda. This book he claims is a long overdue evaluation of Cromwell’s campaign in Ireland and challenges all the conventional interpretations of events. According to the accepted version Cromwell was appointed Commissioner by the English Parliament to seek out ... Read more

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