CHAPTER 9: THE PLANTATION Flashcards
What were the three major groups in 1500?
The pale, The Anglo Irish, and the Gaelic Irish.
Name four rules in English common law?
-Courts were held in courthouses
-Harsh jail sentences
-Wealth=monetary terms
-Divorce was forbidden
Name four rules in Brehon law?
-Courts held on hillsides
-Wealth=quantity of cattle
-Divorce was aloud
-Wife kept her own name, land and wealth
Name two reasons the tudors and crown wanted to take charge of Ireland?
Expand kingdom/land and impose English culture
What was surrender and regrant?
King Henry asked the Irish to surrender (give up) there land and he would give them (regrant) an English title but legally owned the land.
What was the disadvantage of surrender and regrant?
King Henry could confiscate land given to him during surrender and regrant giving it to loyal English settlers this was known as plantation.
What was the first plantation and who led it?
Laois-Offaly= Queen Mary I
What was the second plantation and who led it?
Munster Plantation= Queen Elizabeth I
Who let the Ulster plantation?
King James l
Name 4 results of the Laois-Offaly Plantation:
-It was a failure
-Did not attract enough planters
-Gaelic planters had to be given land
-The confiscated lands were still attacked by the Gaelic Irish making English settlers not want the land.
Name four results of the Munster plantation?
-Crown hoped for 20,000 settlers, but only had 4,000
-They still had to rent to the Gaelic Irish, as estates were too large to be managed by planters alone
-Gaelic Irish continued to attack the plantation
-New farming methods were bought to Ireland e.g Tillage Farming (crop farming)
-New trades came to Ireland- coopering (making timber barrels)
What Irish clans dominated Ulster before the Ulster Plantation
O’Neills of Tyrone and O’Donnell of Donegal
What years did the Nine Years War
(1594-1603)
Name one battle, he O’Neill won in the nine years war
The Battle of the yellow Ford
Name three reasons that the Ulster plantation was organised
-it area covered six counties
-The land was divided into smaller if states none was bigger than 2000 acres
-The rules for planters were more strict than any other plantation
