The Plantations Flashcards
(5 cards)
0
Q
- The Pale
A
A small area of land around Dublin that was controlled by the King of England
1
Q
- Gaelic Lords
A
Gaelic Lords ruled over a clan.
All the members of the clan elected a lord from the members of the ruling family, The Derbhfine.
2
Q
- Old English
A
Descendants of the Normans and people from the pale.
Most of them decided to stay Catholic and supported their king in the Civil War
3
Q
- Brehon Law
A
The ancient Gaelic law that Irish people used.
4
Q
- Common Law
- Glib
- Mantle
- Lease
- Lord Deputy
- Plantation
- Undertaker
- Servitor
- Surrender and Regrant
- Sheriff
- Flight of the Earls
- Bawn
- Nine Years War
- Protestant Ascendancy
- Landlord
- Penal Laws
A
New law that English used
