Was Wexford Betrayed to Cromwell? The Truth (1940)
Book ID: 70814
Price: €125.00
Was Wexford Betrayed to Cromwell? The Truth. Published by the Author, [1940]. Pp 35, with folded pedigree table at rear. Orange wrappers lettered in black. A nice bright copy.
A vindication of James Stafford, Governor of Wexford Castle, during the 1649 siege by Oliver Cromwell. Browne challenges the historical narrative that cast Stafford as a traitor.
Kathleen Browne (died 1943) was a significant figure in early twentieth-century Wexford. She was a politician, farmer, writer, artist, and historian who was arrested and imprisoned in 1916 after flying a tricolour from her resididance at Rathronan Castle during the Easter Rising.
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