- 1654 – TO HELL OR TO CONNACHT
Athlone, newly fortified, is the administrative centre of the notorious Cromwellian ‘transplantation’ policy – the enforced resettlement of the Irish Catholic élite in Connacht.
Athlone, newly fortified, is the administrative centre of the notorious Cromwellian ‘transplantation’ policy – the enforced resettlement of the Irish Catholic élite in Connacht.