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..And truly I believe this bittterness will save much effusion of blood, through the goodness of God."

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GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR CROMWELL: Catholic and Royalist forces have been defeated at Drogheda. The fighting was fierce but parliamentary forces fought with honour and put down our enemy.

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QUOTE FROM LORD PROTECTORATE CROMWELL: "The enemy made three retrenchments... all of which they were forced to quit.... I do not think thirty of the (Enemies) whole escaped with their lives... The enemy upon this were filled with much terror...

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GLORIOUS VICTORY FOR CROMWELL! Cromwell's forces arrived late last night at Drogheda and put down all Catholic forces present. The battle was violent but the brave parliamentary forces crushed the Catholics and the Royalists. Drogheda is now under Cromwell's control.

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Catholic Church leaders will also no longer be able to be members of trade guilds in order to prevent the increase of papal political power in Ireland and in England and Scotland.

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POLICY UPDATE: Radical Catholic preists to be banned from saying mass- this policy is expected to affect the radical order known as the Jesuits the most.

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BREAKING NEWS: Catholic Irish Rebels, calling them selves "toraighe (gaelic for outlaws)," are refusing to give up their land and are fighting against Parlimentary Forces.

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POLICY CHANGE IN IRELAND: All rebels and royalists to be forced off stolen land that rightly belongs to Protestants and Englishmen. (Cont.)

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ACTS OF SETTLEMENT AND SATISFACTION: A generous Cromwell promises land for Catholics in the Connacht region of Ireland. They must apply before the policy goes into action in 1652.

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..And truly I believe this bittterness will save much effusion of blood, through the goodness of God."

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QUOTE FROM LORD PROTECTORATE CROMWELL: "The enemy made three retrenchments... all of which they were forced to quit.... I do not think thirty of the (Enemies) whole escaped with their lives... The enemy upon this were filled with much terror...

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..so they will not be posted on our twitter, but can be found at our website. We have posted the images there because we beleive it is important to show the brutality commited by Irish Catholics).

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Oliver Cromwell and his forces have arrived in Ireland with the aim to put down the barbaric Catholic uprising which have left tens of thousands dead, to protect Protestant rights on the Island, and to prevent Popery from making its way to England. -August 1649

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The most accurate and detailed depictions of these brutal Catholic actiones can be seen in "The Teares of Ireland" by James Cranford. (Warning these depictions are not to be viewed by anyone under the age of 18 and do not comply with Twitter's rules due to their violence..)