Burke by name, berk by Reputation, replied to my statement: "What city in Ireland has suffered like Dresdon-answer: None" by answering "Drogheda. Wexford."

And these are in living memory, then? The point that I am making is about living memory. I do wish people would follow the argument a bit more closely.

However, in Drogheda and Wexford, no non-combatants were killed. It is not a good idea to look at Cromwell through the eyes of 19th Century Irish nationalism.