"But when they engaged in their insurrection on 22 October 1641, unquestionably they weren’t intending on the destruction of the entire Plantation that had been brought into place. We don’t know precisely what they intended: they presumably intended to seize the positions of strength, the military fortification of the province; having done that to, from this position of strength, to engage in some negotiation with the Crown with a view to bettering their condition in some way. But they, I think it is correct to say, that they weren’t intent on destroying the Plantation." (Nicholas Canny, "The Plantation of Ireland: 1641 rebellion"Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback MachineBBC lecture. Accessed 12 February 2008.)
"1662 (14 & 15 Chas. 2 Sess. 4 c. 23". Statutes Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland: 1310–1662. George Grierson, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1794. pp. 610–612.
Staff Massacres and mythsArchived 21 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, University of Cambridge, Information provided by news.online@admin.cam.ac.uk, 21 October 2007. John Morrill wrote: "The 1641 massacres have played a key role in creating and sustaining a collective Protestant and British identity in Ulster."
Noonan 2004, pp. 224–225. Noonan, Kathleen (2004). "Martyrs in Flames: Sir John Temple and the conception of the Irish in English martyrologies". Albion. 36 (2): 223–255. doi:10.2307/4054214. JSTOR4054214.
Noonan 2004, pp. 224–225. Noonan, Kathleen (2004). "Martyrs in Flames: Sir John Temple and the conception of the Irish in English martyrologies". Albion. 36 (2): 223–255. doi:10.2307/4054214. JSTOR4054214.
"But when they engaged in their insurrection on 22 October 1641, unquestionably they weren’t intending on the destruction of the entire Plantation that had been brought into place. We don’t know precisely what they intended: they presumably intended to seize the positions of strength, the military fortification of the province; having done that to, from this position of strength, to engage in some negotiation with the Crown with a view to bettering their condition in some way. But they, I think it is correct to say, that they weren’t intent on destroying the Plantation." (Nicholas Canny, "The Plantation of Ireland: 1641 rebellion"Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback MachineBBC lecture. Accessed 12 February 2008.)
Staff Massacres and mythsArchived 21 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, University of Cambridge, Information provided by news.online@admin.cam.ac.uk, 21 October 2007. John Morrill wrote: "The 1641 massacres have played a key role in creating and sustaining a collective Protestant and British identity in Ulster."
