Plantation Flashcards
What was the first plantation called?
Laois and Offaly
What were the 8 main Irish clans?
O’donnell, o’neill, O’Flaherty, O’Connor, O’More, O’Brien, MacCarthy and McMurrough
What were the rules for the Laois and Offaly plantation?
Soldiers and settlers were given land to rent
Any contact with the Irish was forbidden
Settlers had to build stone houses
Settlers were to be provided with weapons
Why did the first plantation fail?
Lack of settlers
What was the second plantation called?
Munster plantation
What happened during the Munster plantation?
English government confiscated 480,000 acres of land
It was then divided into estates between 4-12000 acres
These estates were granted to English undertakers
What were the rules for the Munster plantation?
Introduce English methods of farming
30 English families per 4,000 acre estate
Settlers to be provided with weapons and a safe place to go if under attack
No Irish tenants are allowed on your land
Who was the king during the plantations?
James I
where was the ‘Pale’?
It was in Dublin where others controlled a small area
What were people who controlled the Pale called?
Palesmen
What was a colonist?
Someone who moved to a new land and settled there
What were the 8 counties in Ulster called?
Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh, Coleraine and Down
Who came during the Ulster plantation?
Servitors, Londoners, undertakers, ordinary farmers from Scotland and tradesmen from England.
Why did they come during the plantation?
The scots were told they would get land. Servitors-paid off land. Undertakers-they had to rent out lands to tenants
Why did the Ulster plantation take place?
The English government needed more control over Ireland, so that the Protestant religion could be strengthened
