Section 8 - The Plantations Flashcards
Give 4 reasons why english monarchs wanted to plant Ireland.
1) To extend their rule beyond the pale.
2) To make future rebellions impossible.
3) It was cheaper than setting up a permanent army there.
4) To force Irish people to about to english laws and customs.
Name the 4 plantations.
1) Laois & Offaly
2) Munster
3) Ulster
4) Cromwellian
Who led the Laois & Offaly plantation?
Queen Mary
Why did queen Mary decide to plant Laois and Offaly?
Because native Irish (O’Connors and O’Mores) kept raiding the pale.
How much land did queen Mary take from the O’Connors and the O’Mores? What happened to this land?
Queen Mary took 2/3 of the O’Connors and the O’Mores land and set it aside for english planters.
Who ordered the second plantation?
Queen Elisabeth
Why did queen Elisabeth order the munster plantation?
Because the Fitzgerlds rebelled against her.
What happened to Fitzgerld’s land?
1/2 million acres of Fitzgerld’s land was given to undertakers.
Why did the Munster plantation succeed?
It didn’t. Not enough undertakers came to Munster for it to be successful.
Give 2 results of Queen Elisabeth’s Munster plantation.
1) English farming methods were introduced to Ireland.
2) Protestantism was introduced to Munster.
Who carried out the Ulster plantation?
King James
What was the “Flight of The Earls”?
The O’Neills and the O’Donnells lost the 9 years year and fled from Ireland.
What happened after “Flight of The Earls”?
King James planted Ulster.
King James gave land to three kinds of settlers. Name them.
1) Undertakers
2) Servitors
3) Irish Gentlemen
Who were undertakers?
English or Scottish gentlemen who were given 2000-1000 acres of land. They had protect their land from the native Irish by building castles with bawns for protection. They could not take on Irish tenants.
