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Chichester becomes Lord Deputy

Sir Arthur Chichester is appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland. Chichester hadn鈥檛 been at all happy with the terms afforded O鈥橬eill at Mellifont, which he considered overly generous, and which hampered his own agenda for the redistribution of Irish lands. Would his elevated position offer him the chance to undermine the Treaty?

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