1641 Massacres Flashcards
1
Q
What happened in November 1641
A
Th most famous massacre occurred
2
Q
What happen to Protestants form Portadown
A
They were rounded into a church and held imprisoned there for a number of weeks
3
Q
What happened in the church
A
They were starved, tortured and some were killed in the church
4
Q
What were the Protestants told
A
That they were going to be brought back to the coast and returned to England and Scotland but that’s not what happened
5
Q
What actually happen
A
They were marched to Portadown and taken to the bridge Oliver the river bann (bloody bridge)
6
Q
What were they forced to do
A
They were forced to strip naked and around 100 people were drowned n the icy waters and those that tried to escape were shot
