Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690

In the wake of the 1660 Restoration, Ireland found itself caught between the ambitions of a newly crowned monarch and the lingering scars of civil war. This volume opens with a vivid portrait of the Irish Convention, the proclamation of Charles II, and the early attempts to re‑establish the Church, setting the stage for a nation grappling with loyalty and loss. Listeners will hear how the Declaration and Act of Settlement sought to untangle a tangled web of land claims, while the first Court of Claims exposed the uneasy balance between “innocents” and “nocents” among dispossessed owners.

The narrative then turns to the rise of the Ormonde administration, whose royalist convictions clashed with a fragmented Irish hierarchy. Through detailed accounts of parliamentary debates, disputed settlements, and the fraught relationship between Protestant and Catholic factions, the book reveals the early struggles that defined Irish governance in the 1660s. It offers a compelling glimpse into the political, religious, and social forces that shaped the island before the turmoil of later decades took hold.