Plantations Flashcards

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Old English

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People in the Pale loyal to the King

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Anglo-irish

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Descendants of the Anglo-Normans who invaded Ireland in the 1100s

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Gaelic Irish

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Gaelic chieftains who followed brehon law

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4
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Methods used by the Tudors to conquer Ireland

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Surrender + regrant
Plantations

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Why the Tudors wanted to conquer Ireland

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Expand their territory
Spread English custom, language. culture ect
Spread Protestantism
Prevent the Irish + French forming an alliance
Prevent further rebellion
Save money

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Laois-Offaly Plantations

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Queen Mary
Confiscated from the O’Mores + O’Conners
Failure

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Munster

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Queen Elizabeth
Confiscated from Fitzgeralds
Sparked Desmond rebellion
Failure

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Ulster plantations - background

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Queen Elizabeth 1 hoped to control Ulster by giving Hugh O’Neill the title of Earl of Tryone
When adventurers were planted in Ulster, sherriffs enforced protestantism+ english laws+ customs
This angered O’Neill + O’Donnell so They rebelled in 1594(9 years war)

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9
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How the Ulster plantation was organised

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Organised by King James I in 1609
Covered 6 counties:Donegal, Derry, Tryone, Armagh, Fermanagh + Cavan
No estate was over 2000 acres + given to 3 types of planter
Derry was reserved for the craft guilds + renamed Londonderry

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10
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Undertakers

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Largest portion of land
2,000 acres £5/1,000 acres/year
Could only have English/Scottish tenants

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Servitors

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English/Scottish soldiers
13% of the land
1,000 - 1,500 acres
£8/1000 acres/year
Could have Irish tenants with strict control

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Loyal Irish

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Native Irish who fought for UK in 9 year was
Less than 1,000 acres for £1,000/year
Could rent to Irish tenants + servitors watched them

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Ulster plantation - Results

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More successful than Munster+ Laois-Offaly
Large no. of English + Scottish settlers
Most loyal to the crown
Cromwell conquered Ireland+took more land
Crop farming > cattle farming
Protestant pop grew
Rebellions persisted
New towns founded + castles+ markets set up

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