... 'were little more than a device to give guns to Loyalists and refuse them to Catholics'. These atrocities by the Police in Northern Ireland were commonplace. After a peaceful meeting in Duke Street was baton charged, John Hume recalled how 'all hell' broke loose and that he would never forget the hate he saw in the faces of the RUC. Much ... ...

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... population of Ireland, estimated at 1,500,000, before Cromwell, was reduced by two-thirds, to 500,000, at Cromwell's death in 1658. 1660 Accession of Charles II. 1661-68 The Duke of Ormond ruled Ireland as Viceroy. 1672 Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica. 1685 Accession of James II. 1688 English Revolution ... ...

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