Ireland

This was at the Dublin Castle. Lady Justice is represented here since this was the court house/ politicians except Ireland was rarely just. She's facing towards the castle and away from the public, she's not blind or blind folded (so she can be biased) and her sword is upwards in an aggressive stance (more inductors of punishment than discipline or defense).

Red Hughe O'Donoghue was a man of high ranking if North Ireland. He was kidnapped and imprisoned for 6 years in the lat 1500s. Escape, raised an army, befriended Spain, began the 9 years war, but then Spain mixed up their directions and didn't show up on time, so North Ireland lost the war. O'Donoghue fled Ireland to Spain. A guy offered him a free drink in Spain - turned out he was an agent of the crown and it was poisoned! Boom, dead.

Also talked about a Catholic priest who was imprisoned because being catholic was illegal for a while. He was beaten for a week, his legs were boiled off over the course of 3 days, and beaten for another 2 weeks. He still didn't relinquish his religion, and was hanged. (How he survived the first bit idk 😱😱)

So much torture. Pitch capping = Irish equivalent of scalping.Leggi altro