Plantation- Key Words Flashcards
Gaelic Lords
The Irish settlers
The Pale
The part of Ireland directly run by the English government.
Old English
Descendants of the Normans and The Pale who supported the King in the English Civil War
Brehon Law
The law the Gaelic Irish followed
Common Law
The law the English followed
Glib
A fringe and a moustache that the Gaelic Irish wore
Mantle
Fashion that the Gaelic Irish wore
Lease
A contract for land
Lord Deputy
The king’s representative
Plantation
People from one country are sent to another country to take land
Undertaker
A man who received an estate in a plantation and agreed to follow the rules of the plantation
Servitor
Mostly English or Scottish soldiers who got land in the Ulster plantation
Surrender & Regrant
The lords would surrender their land to the English and until they swore loyalty to the English King
Sheriff
The chief executive officer of Law
Flight of the Earls
The Gaelic Ulster lords left Ireland for Europe because they refused to accept the English rule
Bawn
A walled courtyard built by planters for defence
Nine Years War
The Gaelic Ulster lords went to war with the English because the English officials were telling them how to run their territories
Protestant Ascendancy
The Protestant ruling class in Ireland
Landlord
A man who rents out land
Penal Laws
Laws to stop the Catholics getting power
