The Plantations - Ireland in the early 1500's (ch1)

Question 1

Ireland in the 1500’s

Answer 1

• no central government -Henry VII only controlled smal area around Dublin (‘the Pale’)
• area’s outside the Pale controlled by powerful noble lords and Gaelic lords, e.g. Fitzgeralds of Desmond, Butlers of Ormond,

Question 2

Name 3 Old English Lords that ruled part of Ireland in the early 1500’s?

Answer 2

• Fitzgeralds of Desmond
• Butlers of Ormond
• Fitzgeralds of Kildare

Question 3

Name Gaelic Lords that ruled part of Ireland in the early 1500’s?

Answer 3

• O’Flaherty (Galway)
• McCarthy Mor (Cork)
• O’Byrne (Wicklow)
• O’Donnell (Donegal)

Question 4

Name 5 characteristic’s of the Gaelic Lords

Answer 4

Law: Behon Law
Language: Irish
Marriage Law: wives could keep their own names and property; divorce allowed; children born outside marriage entitled to a share in their father’s property
Land: belonged to the whole clan - person’s wealth calculated by how many cows they owned
Dress; women (long tunic and cloak (called a mantle); Men (knee length tunic and a marble)

Question 5

Name 5 characteristic’s of the Pale

Answer 5

Law: ruled by the English kings and queens…most of the people descended from the Normans
Language: English
Law: English common law - so called because it was common to all the English King’s subjects. The King appointed judges who would try for serious crimes
Marriage Law: wife took her husband’s name, divorce not allowed, children born outside marriage could not inherit their father’s property
Dress: English dress. Men and women wore shoes. Followed English fashion such as stockings, gowns and cloaks