The Marquis of Ormond, James Butler, tries to come to terms with the Irish Confederacy. Political factions in the Confederacy, King Charles' meddling, the Protestant Irish lobby, the Covenanters in Ulster, the Parliamentarians in Munster, and Ormond's own personal desires make this a very painful process.

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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:

• Little, Patrick, Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland, 2004
• Ó Siochrú, Micheál, (ed.) Kingdoms in Crisis: Ireland in the 1640s, 2000
• Ó Siochrú, Micheál, Confederate Ireland, 1642-1649, 1999
• Lenihan, Pádraig, Confederate Catholics at War, 1641-49, 2001
• Kenyon, J. and Ohlmeyer, J., The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1638-1660.
• Harris, T. Rebellion
• Michael J. Braddick. The Oxford Handbook of the English Revolution
• John Cunningham, ‘Politics, 1641-1660’, Cambridge History of Ireland
• David Edwards, ‘Political Change and Social Transformation, 1603-1641’, Cambridge History of Ireland
• John Jeremiah Cronin and Padraig Lenihan, ‘Wars of Religion, 1641-1691’, Cambridge History of Ireland

For a full bibliography, see the podcast website.

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