The Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Irish Catholic rebels, likely under the command of Toole McCann, killed about 100 Protestant settlers by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann and shooting those who tried to swim to safety.

Oct 23, 2010 · One of the most famous of the depositions is that of Eleanor Price, a widow and mother of six from County Armagh, who was captured by insurgents who drowned five of her children, along with...

Oct 9, 2010 · To massacre us Protestants and not to spare a man But to drive us down like a herd of swine into the River Bann . . . At least a hundred faithful souls in Portadown were slain,

Oct 25, 2010 · Researchers believe that the site's launch will enable historians to understand much more fully what remains one of the least-understood massacres in European history, in which many thousands of men, women and children lost their lives.

Jun 25, 2020 · The Portadown massacre in late 1641 in which several hundred Protestants were killed. An examination of an online primary source on the 1641 rebellion. By John Dorney

12 May 1973 : A Catholic civil servant from Portadown, John F McCormac on a home visit in the Falls area of West Belfast, was shot 7 times; he died 2 days later on 14 May, his 30th birthday. The UFF claimed the murder; their first official murder claim through media.

Following their repulse at Lisnagarvey in November, rebels killed about 100 Protestants at Portadown by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann, and shooting those who tried to swim to safety.

The Portadown massacre took place in November 1641 at Portadown, County Armagh, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Irish Catholic rebels, likely under the command of Toole McCann, killed about 100 British Protestant settlers by forcing them off the bridge into the River Bann, and shooting those who tried to swim to safety. The settlers were ...

Portadown Massacre. The sketch of the purported massacre was published in John Temple's History of the Irish Rebellion in 1642 - in the immediate aftermath of the Rebellion.

Jan 9, 2014 · The Portadown massacre in late 1641 in which several hundred Protestants were killed.