[the scotsman]

I am an MA in History, thank you. I have probably studied more Irish history than you, both Catholic Irish and Ulster Scot, as well as Anglo-Irish history.

You are accusing me of something that I said clearly in my post I was not going to do, and didn’t.

[Eagles6]

"I wont try and justify what Cromwell did, although I will point out that the Irish then and now exaggerate the death toll of 1649-50, and indentured servitude of prisoners of war was commonplace in Europe."

The "Irish" exaggerate? According to you what was the "real" number?

Yes, indentured servitude of prisoners of war was common. The wholesale roundup of men, women and children that were sold into slavery in the Carribean and the New World was not. To deny that this happened is, yes, disingenuous.

"I would also remind people that any Cromwellian hate had its roots in the famous 1641 uprising, where the Irish Catholics slaughtered thousands of Protestant English and Scottish settlers, inc women and children."

So they had it coming. I see.