A Parliamentary tract of 1655 argued that, "the whole Irish nation, consisting of gentry, clergy and commonality are engaged as one nation in this quarrel, to root out and extirpate all English Protestants from amongst them".
En parlamentspjece fra 1655 hævdede at "hele den irske nation, bestående af adel, gejstlige og borgerskab er engageret i den konflikt som sigter mod at fjerne og udrydde alle engelske protestanter blandt dem".