Over several years, Cromwell winded up puttin 2/3s of the Irish population into slavery and shipping them to the new world.
The subjugation of the Irish by the English began long before Oliver Cromwell. As early as Henry IV, Sir John Talbot, who would feature prominently in Henry’s “band of brothers” at Harfleur and Agincourt, made his name putting down rebellions in Ireland. For his “strong hand” in dealing with the Celtic “savages’” Talbot was made March Earl of Shrewsbury. Suppression of the Irish continued under the Tudors, until a posting to that troubled state became a career challenge for aspiring courtiers, and the ruination of many.
Cromwell is still a curse to Irish-Americans. The Irish have become more forgiving towards the British in recent years while Irish-Americans remain bitter. One of the reasons, regrettably, they gave money to the IRA.
And to this day the sharks still circle in the Atlantic waiting for more Irish to be thrown overboard.