Irish Plantations Flashcards
What is a Bawn?
A strong stone house
What is an undertaker
Someone in charge (basically a landlord)
What’s a tenant?
They rented land and worked (eg blacksmith)
What is a servitor
An ex soldier
What is a Woodkern
The native Irish
What were the 4 plantations?
The Pale
Laois / Offaly
Munster
Ulster
Who founded the plantation The Pale
Henry VIII
Who founded the plantation Laois / Offaly?
Mary
Who founded the plantation Munster
Elizabeth
Who founded the plantation Ulster
James
How was protestantism related to the topic of plantations
Planters had to be Protestant
Where did the planters come from
England and Scotland
Whats an example of a plantation town?
Londonderry
Why did the woodkerne hate the planters?
The planters took their land.
The planters were seen as Protestant heretics
Why did Laois/Offaly fail?
Too few planters, bad defences and poor land
Why did Munster fail
Poor quality tenants and Woodkerne attack
Why did rulers set up the plantations?
They wanted to make Ireland Protestant.
They wanted to stop Spain using Ireland against England.
They wanted to make money from Planter rents.
Why did Ulster succeed?
It had good land.
Good defences.
Better tenants
What did plantation towns look like and what were some defences?
They had
- stone walls
- stone houses
- grid pattern streets
- lookout towers
When was the woodkern rebellion against the protestant planters
The rebellion was in 1641
