Rebel yell
If you’re interested in the English Civil War or in Irish history then take a look at this fascinating Trinity College Dublin site hosting transcripts from the 1641 rebellion. For example, Mr Strangwaies of Galway:
That after ever since this deponent & his wiffe his father & said Children were driven from their habitacion & fledd to the Abbey of Roscomon this deponent hath ever since hath beene in service vnder against the Rebells vnder the Command of the said Captain Ridge <symbol> And this deponent hath credibly heard & partly knoweth that when mr Bewcannon & others of the Brittish were murthered by the Rebells att Shrowle, in the County of Mayo: The Lord of Mayo: that vndertooke to conduct them was then & there in Person & those brittish were then and there murthered by his followers in his the lord of Mayos presence
Mostly these are reports from Protestants / settlers telling of their sufferings at the hands of the native Irish – “anti-Irish insurgents” in Bush-speak. While they may be tough-going if you’re not used to reading contemporary writing style, reports of what was happening to god-fearing Protestants were widely known in England (more background here) and contributed to suspicion of the King and those around him, as well as being just a few years before Cromwell’s Irish tour. So it’s great to have access to so many first hand accounts (as it is to see John Morrill still survives his term teaching me back in the 1980s). But if you’re interested in Lightroom or Photoshop, it’s probably not the link for you.
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