Plantation Flashcards
Name 1 plantation
Ulster plantation
Who ordered the Ulster Plantation?
King Henry 1
When did the Ulster Plantation begin?
1609
What 6 counties were in the Ulster Plantation?
Armagh
Donegal
Derry
Tyrone
Fermanagh
Cavan
What 3 groups were given land and how much were they given?
Undertakers 2000 acres
Servitors 1500 acres
Faithful Irish 1000 acres
Describe Undertakers
They agreed to do as they were told with the land given to them.
Often built castles with a bawn (foreign enclosure).
Describe Derry
Reserved for London crafts guilds.
Renamed Londonderry.
What changes occurred as a result of the Ulster Plantation?
Protestant population increase.
Religious divide.
Gaelic Irish driven out.
Tension between Catholics and Protestants.
20 new towns
New farming methods (crop farming).
English style houses, stone castles.
Name 2 new towns.
Coleraine
Derry
What was the impact on religious identity?
Protestant population grew.
Most land went to Protestants.
Divide between protestant and catholic.
How many Scottish and English settlers were there at what year?
40,00 by 1641
How would Unionists view the Plantations?
As a positive.
Their ancestors were planters.
How would Nationalists view the Plantations?
Negatively.
They were forced from their land.
Decline in Irish language and Brehon law.
