Restoration (1660) Restoration (1660) The Restoration was both a series of events in April–May 1660 and the period that followed it in British history. In 1660 the monarchy was restored to the kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland in the person of Charles II. The period that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms was officially declared an Interregnum. On 4 April 1660, Charles II issued the Declaration of Breda, in which he made several promises in relation to the reclamation of the crown of England. Monck organized the Convention Parliament, which met for the first time on 25 April. On 8
Dara Monarch the end of his racing career Dara Monarch was retired to become a breeding stallion at the Grangewilliam Stud in Ireland. He was exported to Czechoslovakia in the late 1980s and spent the rest of his life at the Napajedla Stud. He reportedly died in January 2005. The best of his early crops was Broken Hearted, who won the Lockinge Stakes and became a successful National Hunt stallion, siring the Grand National winner Numbersixvalverde. Dara Monarch Dara Monarch (11 March 1979 – January 2005) was a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In 1981 he showed very promising form in