I read this snippet in the Times and, despite the dark context, had to smile. To put it into context, the siege of Drogheda,Ireland, by Cromwell and his army in 1649 is now considered to be a war crime.Around 2,000 died in the massacre, including a number who surrendered before the onslaught, as well as 150 Parliamentarians (Cromwell's army).
The British historian, Lady Antonia Fraser, went to Drogheda with her first husband,Hugh Fraser in the 1970's and asked a priest, who was with a couple of nuns and about to get into his car,if he could direct her to Cromwell's Mount. It was from this mount that Cromwell shelled the town. Her husband hisssed at her..."Idiot" .The horrified priest bundled the nuns into the car and was about to drive off when her husband asked saying, "My wife,the daughter of the pious Lord Longford is writing a study of the hideous assassin Oliver Cromwell and wondered where Cromwell's Mount is." The priest was then happy to direct him.
Seems there is/was a sign in a Dublin pub with this written on it. "Everyone killed by drink goes to Hell while everyone killed by Cromwell went to Heaven"