Cromwell's one mile strip

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matthewmacnamara
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Cromwell's one mile strip

Post by matthewmacnamara » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:11 pm

Would anyone know which areas of Clare were included in Cromwell's one mile strip?

Polycarp
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Re: Cromwell's one mile strip

Post by Polycarp » Wed Nov 04, 2015 5:49 pm

There is information on this in John Prendergast's book "The Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland of Ireland" at pages 101 and 149. That might be a good place to look.

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Re: Cromwell's one mile strip

Post by sadhbh » Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:50 am

Prendergast's book is online here http://www.archive.org/stream/cromwelli ... 9/mode/2up

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matthewmacnamara
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Re: Cromwell's one mile strip

Post by matthewmacnamara » Wed Nov 11, 2015 3:17 pm

Many thanks Polycarp and Sadhbh

Local collective memory was of a Cromwellian settlement of the area.
This would be compatible with the establishment of the one mile strip as a security zone.
In the twentieth century the term cordon sanitaire came to be applied to such territorial arrangements.

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Re: Cromwell's one mile strip

Post by matthewmacnamara » Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:08 am

For Polycarp and Sadhbh

A correction:
My reference to local collective memory in my reply was in respect of Meelick.
Its high ground covered Limerick on the north side.

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