Plantations Flashcards
(16 cards)
Features of a Plantation Town
The new towns were well planned.
The houses were laid out in streets with a square, often called a Diamond, wherethe courthouse or church was built .
A network of roads was built to link the towns.
They organised markets and fairs in the towns where settlers and native Irish could sell their crops.
The towns were surrounded by stone walls.
The native Irish were forbidden to live in the towns.
The plantations
Irish lands confiscated by the king and sold or rented to loyal English settlers
Old English
People to the pale loyal to the king
Anglo-Irish
Descendants of the Anglo-Normans who invaded Ireland during the 12th century
Gaelic Irish
The Gaelic Chieftains who abided by Irish Law, also known as Brehon Law
Brehon Laws
Gaelic Irish laws that dated back to the Iron Age
Surrender and Regrant
The Anglo-Irish and Gaelic Irish rulers were to surrender their land to the king and he would grant them an English title and their lands back
Succession
When landis passed down father to son in English Law
Planters
These were English people who came to Ireland during the plantations
Adventurers
Men who claimed to be descendants of early Normans who were granted land in Munster by Henry II
Presidents
Men who imposed English Law, customs and Protestantism
Undertakers
Men who did as they were told with land given to them
Flight of the Earls
O’Neil and other Ulster chieftains who fled to Rome
Servitors
Men who served the English military during the 9 years war
Loyal Irish
Loyal Irish who stayed loyal to the crown during the 9 years war
Penal Laws
Laws that suppressed Catholics in Ireland
