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1. The Death of Cromwell's Six Soldiers

   

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   When Cromwell captured Wexford, he told six of his men to go out of the town for a couple of mile and kill every Catholic they found They found a boy about a half mile outside the town, but before killing him, they forced him to tell them where there were Catholics living. He told them and then they killed him. Off they went + the first house they were told of, they knocked at the door. There was an old women and an old man inside but they had no mercy for them. They killed the two of them + then they marched off to the next house. They had to pass by some rocks which were thirty feet in

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
         1. Cromwell (~315)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martin Roice

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Wexford, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Cullen

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   79

   Address

   Barntown, Co. Wexford