After the conquest of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell , could a policy be in place to forcible convert Irish to Protestantism
How successful would this be
How long would it last
What would be the long term impact on Ireland
I’m assuming he’s talking about conversion by swordpoint.You need to be more specific. Is the Mass declared illegal. Are monetary lands confiscated and social service and educational services handed over solely to Puritan institutions? What kinds of Protestantism are tolerated (For example, High Church Anglicanism? Unlikely give the whole ongoing civil war thing). How many soldiers is he tying down to enforce these policies? It's hard to speculate on a policy who's method of reaching its goals isent outlined.
Mass is legalIs the Mass declared illegal.
Are monetary lands confiscated and social service and educational services handed over solely to Puritan institutions?
otl numbers followed by as much as possible following the end of the civil warHow many soldiers is he tying down to enforce these policies?
It's hard to speculate on a policy who's method of reaching its goals isent outlined.
I’m assuming he’s talking about conversion by swordpoint.
There were a lots of anti-catholic feeling in the Britain for 2 and half centuries after Cromwell especially the first few decadesThen...Catholicism goes into hiding until the Commonwealth is overthrown?
There were a lots of anti-catholic feeling in the Britain for 2 and half centuries after Cromwell especially the first few decades
Charles the second won't like it but public pressure could force him to continueYeah, but would post-Cromwell Britain be able and/or willing to force an island-wide ban on Catholicism in Ireland?
Charles the second won't like it but public pressure could force him to continue
Wouldn't the lack of priests make extremely hard to retain CatholicismI could see that. Still, I doubt they’d be successful in wiping out Irish Catholicism. It might end up like the Gaelic language, though, confined to rural areas.
Wouldn't the lack of priests make extremely hard to retain Catholicism
Hidden Catholics survived even in Japan, so why they couldn't survive in Ireland?Wouldn't the lack of priests make extremely hard to retain Catholicism
After the conquest of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell , could a policy be in place to forcible convert Irish to Protestantism
How successful would this be
How long would it last
What would be the long term impact on Ireland
Irish nationalism had many Protestant leaders- the sectarian aspect of it, especially this early on, is hardly unavoidable.Doubt it is possible, Irish identity at this time features all of two things, Fuck the English, and We love the Pope. This would combine both to an even greater extent. Overall it is more likely this would just lead to a genocide, unlike even what happened OTL.
Mass is legal
monetary land seized by the state and services handed to various acceptable branches of Protestantism with a preference for Puritan
otl numbers followed by as much as possible following the end of the civil war
all of them conversion on threat of death, catholic priests expelled or killed, catholic churches converted to Protestant ones etc