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Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery

This lecture will deal with the life of one of the most important, yet little known, figures in seventeenth-century Irish (and British) History, Roger Boyle. The son of a planter who made it rich in Munster, Roger would fight in the British and Irish civil wars of the 1640s, ultimately contributing to the English Parliament's triumph. He would govern Scotland in the 1650s, pave the way for the restoration of monarchy throughout Britain and Ireland in 1660, and then shape the nature of the Irish landlord class. He would also change the shape of English literature.

Dates Venue/Location
23 Aug 2017 Access and Lifelong Learning


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John Cronin has worked with UCD Adult Education for a number of years. He has also taught History in NUI Galway, UCD, the City of Dublin VEC, and the Oscail programme in Dublin City University. Furthermore, he has worked on the government sponsored "Irish Battleļ¬elds Project", the Dictionary of Irish Biography and has supervised local history projects in county Galway. He has likewise published a number of articles on the early-modern era.

Wednesday 23rd August 2017, 2:00pm - 2:50pm