1641-1649: IRISH CONFEDERATE WARS: DOMINATION, PARTNERSHIP & THE SHADOW OF THE GODS By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) 1641: IRELAND IGNITED Ireland in 1641 trembled like a harp string stretched too tight—land seizures, sectarian humiliation, and centuries of English domination pressed the Gaelic and Old English Catholic population into desperation. When the Catholic gentry …
