Irish Plantations 👍 Flashcards
Bawn
Stone house
Woodkerne
Native Irish soldiers
Undertaker
A person in charge of the plantation.
Rich person in charge. English/Scottish men.
They could afford to bring families from England to Scotland
Tenant
They pay rent to use land from a landlord. E.g blacksmith, a weaver, carpenter, farmer
Servitor
Ex soldiers who were guards
Which did Henry vii set up
The pale
Which did Mary 1st set up
Laois/offaly
Which did Elizabeth set up
Munster
Which did James set up
Ulster
How is Protestantism linked
Planters had to be Protestant.
British Protestants who wanted to make Ireland Protestant too
How is England and Scotland linked
Most Irish planters and settlers came from England and Scotland
How is londonderry linked
A plantation town
Protestant planters call it londonderry
Irish woodkerne call it Derry
What are 2 reasons why the woodkerne hated planters
Irish wanted their land back as planters were taking their land.
They were a different religion and they wanted to get rid of Protestant heretics. Because the woodkerne are Catholic
Why did Laois Offaly fail
Too few planters
Why did Munster fail
Poor quality tenants(murderers).
Not enough defences .
Poor land(climate wasn’t good and attacks by Irish raiders made it difficult and dangerous).
Poor choice of planters .
Woodkerne attacks .
Poor quality undertakers(who charged too high of rent).
What are the 3 reasons why the plantations were set up
Religion
Money
Spain
Also to stop invasions
Religion, why were plantations set up for this
To make Ireland Protestant
Money, why were plantations set up for this?
To make their country wealthier. To build englands empire
To get money from planters rents
Spain, why were plantations set up for this?
To stop the Spanish using Ireland as a back door to England
To stop invasions
What does plantation mean
A colony of people
What centuries was it in
16th and 17th
What plantation was most successful and why
Ulster
Better defences, better land, better tenants.
When was the Ulster plantation
23rd October 1609
Who is the orange order named after
William of orange
When was the orange order set up
21st September 1795
Who could be members of the orange order
Only Protestants
What are the 3 different churches
Church of England
Roman Catholic Church
The Puritan Church
What was the religious, political and imperial reason why it was set up
Religious- to make Ireland Protestant
Political- To stop Spain using Ireland as a backdoor to England
Imperial- to start building England’s empire
What was the first plantation and who set it up
The pale.Henry viii
What did planters have to be
Protestant
Which plantations failed
Laois Offaly.
Munster.
Because they had poor defences, poor tenants, poor land.
Name some plantation towns set up in ulster
Lisburn, Moria, Londonderry, Belfast.
What were some defences that plantation towns had to protect them from woodkeene attacks?
Walls surrounding. Streets in a grid pattern. Built of stone. Lookouts/towers. Moats+ditches
If you were under attack everyone would gather in the centre of the town to get further instructions and weapons and information.
What religion was Ireland before the plantations and who owned the land?
Roman Catholic country. Wood kerne owned the land.
What religion was Ireland after the plantations and who owned the land?
Protestant country. Protestant planters owned the land.
Where is Ulster Scots spoken
Northern Ireland
Who did king James give land in Ulster to to create a private plantation?
James Hamilton. Hugh Montgomery of Ayrshire estates in County Down.
Name 6 counties which became James’s official plantation in Ulster
Coleraine, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Armagh
What specific settlers did undertakers want and why?
Farmer-to supply food.
Mason- build walls and houses.
Weavers- make clothes.
Carpenters- build furniture.
Tradesmen, smiths,
What did woodkerne do to planters
Riots/attacks. Drowned planters. Set fire to their towns.
When was the revolt
23rd October. 1641
