The Plantations In Ireland Flashcards
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What is a plantation?
It is another name for a colony -> where one country runs or owns another part of a country.
What is an Undertaker?
A person in charge of a plantation.
What is a tenant.
Someone who pays rent for land and works in a plantation.
What is a servitor?
An ex - soldier
What is a woodkerne?
Native Irish
What was the first cause of the plantation in Ireland?
To spread Protestant religion across Ireland.
What was the second cause of the plantation in Ireland?
To civilise Ireland by bringing in English laws and making the English monarchs the rulers of Ireland.
What was the third cause of the plantation in Ireland?
To prevent English enemies using Ireland as a ‘backdoor’ into England.
What was the first plantation in Ireland?
The Pale, consolidated by Henry VIII.
What was the second plantation in Ireland?
The Laois and Offaly - set up by Mary Tudor in the 1550s.
What was the third plantation in Ireland?
Munster - set up by Elizabeth Tudor in the 1580s.
What was the third plantation in Ireland?
Ulster - James VI and I officially started in 1609.
Why did the Munster plantation fail?
The local Irish attacked the planters,
the estates were too big,
the land wasn’t suitable for English farming style due to battles,
20,000 settlers were expected by 4000 came,
many undertakers left and became absentee landlords,
wrong kind of people came to Munster,
the undertakers were renting land to the Irish,
they didn’t build bawns,
Hugh O’Neill has sent an army and chased the planters away.
What was the nine years war?
After the failure of the monster plantation, the English fought a long war in Ireland against the O’Neills (1594 to 1603).
Who was Hugh O’Neill and how was he involved in the Munster plantation?
Hugh O’Neill was the Earl of Tyrone, he sent an army to drive most settlers into Ireland.
Who were the three key players in the nine years war?
Elizabeth I, Hugh O’Neill and Philip II of Spain.
Why did Elizabeth hope Hugh O’Neill will be a friend?
She supported him previously.
How did the Spanish help Hugh O’Neill and the Irish in 1601?
In 1601, Hugh O’Neill was joined by a Spanish fleet. Philip sent man, arms and money to support the Catholic Irish.
Which battle was fought in 1601 and what was the result?
The battle of Kinsale was fought in 1601, the English and Irish forces clashed. O’Neill was captured but he managed to escape.
When and why did Hugh O’Neill return to Ireland?
In 1603 O’Neill surrendered to return to Ireland. He wanted to return to his homeland.
What happened in 1607?
O’Neill left Ireland again and went to Europe to try to gain enough support to have another rebellion, this led to the flight of the Earls.
When did Elizabeth I die?
She died in 1603.
Who inherited the crown?
James VI of Scotland inherited a much larger kingdom. He became known as James I as he was the first monarch to rule over this enlarged Kingdom.
What happened after the flight of the Earls?
After the flight of the Earls, the new English king, James I confiscated O’Neill‘s lands and granted them to English settlers. From 1609 this became known as the plantation of Ulster.
