Dungeon, Fire & Sword

“All the cruelty inflicted on the city of Rome by Nero and Attila, by the Greeks on Troy, by the Moors on Spain, or by Vespasian on Jerusalem – all has been inflicted on Ireland by the Puritans” (Dr. John Lynch, Archdeacon of Tuam. Eyewitness of the Puritan atrocities in Ireland.)

In this meticulously documented book, the Irish-born Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran, third Archbishop of Sydney, gives us the harrowing yet heroic story of the sufferings of the Irish Catholics under Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans. In it, we see how these wicked men were determined to annihilate the Catholic religion in Ireland and the terrible and bloodthirsty lengths they went to in order to achieve this. However, we also see how the power of God’s grace and the stalwart example of a virtuous clergy enabled the Catholics of the land to weather the horrendous storm, remain faithful to Christ and His Church and win the only victory that ultimately counts, the victory over the world, the flesh and the devil.