Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3638718, member: 89314&quot;]In 1641, during the English Civil War,&nbsp; a rebellion broke out in Ireland and, with most of the English army withdrawn to England, by 1643 the so-called Catholic Confederates controlled most of Ireland.&nbsp; Four towns in the province of Munster, known as the&nbsp; &quot;Cities of Refuge&quot;&nbsp; (Bandon, Kinsale , Youghal and Cork) with a Parliamentary garrison&nbsp; held out against the Confederated Catholic armies and offered a safe haven for English planters.&nbsp; On 20 March 1646 Lord Broghill, vice-president of Munster, authorised emergency coins to alleviate a shortage of small coin in Youghal. These were the first emergency pieces produced by the &quot;Cities of Refuge&quot;. Others followed. The Confederate Catholics allied themselves with the Royalists (with a formal treaty in 1649) but were crushed by Cromwell&#039;s army by 1652.</p><p><br /></p><p>IRELAND &quot;Cities of Refuge&quot;&nbsp; Youghal&nbsp; Emergency Farthing 1646</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]976418[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]976419[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IRELAND &quot;Cities of Refuge&quot;&nbsp; Cork&nbsp; Emergency Halfpenny n.d. (1646-47)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]976420[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]976421[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IRELAND &quot;Cities of Refuge&quot;&nbsp; Kinsale&nbsp; Emergency Farthing n.d. (1647)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]976422[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]976423[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in