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by disgruntledphd2 2266 days ago
Yes and no.

The "English" running Ireland pre-Cromwell were predominantly Anglo-Irish lords, and were mostly Catholic.

Post-Cromwell, the brutality got much worse, and the Catholic vs Protestant dimension caused extremely repressive laws for Irish catholics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_Laws