Plantations

Question 1

The plantations

Answer 1

When Irish land was confiscated by the English crown then colonised by British settlers in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Question 2

The pale

Answer 2

Area around Dublin directly under the control of the English crown

Question 3

Anglo-Irish

Answer 3

Descendants of the Anglo Normans who had invaded Ireland in the 12th century

Question 4

Gaelic Irish

Answer 4

The Gaelic chieftains who had followed Irish Brehon law

Question 5

Brehon law

Answer 5

Gaelic Irish laws dating back as far as the Iron Age

Question 6

Surrender and regrant

Answer 6

Anglo Irish and Gaelic Irish rulers had to surrender themselves and their lands to Henry VII and he would regrant the land back to them with an English title

Question 7

Why did the tutors want to conquer Ireland (3)

Answer 7

• spread English customs law and culture
• to prevent further rebellions
• expand territory

Question 8

Planters

Answer 8

The loyal English settlers on Irish land confiscated by the king. They spreaded English customs and laws, defend the land from the Gaelic Irish, , spread religion

Question 9

Who ordered the Laois offfaly plantation

Answer 9

Queen Mary I

Question 10

Who ordered the Munster plantation

Answer 10

Queen Elizabeth 1

Question 11

Adventurers

Answer 11

Men who claim to be descendants of the early Normans granted land by king Henry II.

Question 12

Undertakers

Answer 12

Men who undertook to do as they were told with the land given to them.

Question 13

Penal laws

Answer 13

Laws suppressing the status of catholics in Ireland, ex:forbidden to buy or inherit land, attend catholic mass.

Question 14

Servitors

Answer 14

English or Scottish soldiers who had fought for the crown

Question 15

Loyal Irish

Answer 15

Native Irish who had stayed loyal to the crown during the nine yrs war.