Several of us on another list have recently found the following helpful: Jane H. Ohlmeyer. Civil War and Restoration in the Three Stuart Kingdoms: The Career of Randal MacDonnell, Marquis of Antrim, 1609-1683. New York: Camabridge University Press, 1993. Pp. xxiii, 357. Quick personal overview: > this book chronicles the public career of the 17th century McDonnell > (the 2nd Lord Antrim) who "saved" the family estates - though you'd > miss that focus if you only looked at the title on the spine of the > book jacket: Civil War and Restoration in the Three Stuart Kingdoms. > It's the first treatment of that time period I've seen from a > perspective that balances events in Ireland, Scotland, England, and > the Continent, - viewed from the "Celtic fringe" of North Antrim; a > necessary counterbalance to traditional histories only focusing on > events from the perspective of one of the individual countries. > Hugh Nevin