ulster plantation

gaelic lords

they followed brehon law and the only form of punishment was a fine

elected by members of the ruling family called the derbfine

descendants of celts

women could keep their names and property when married and divorce was allowed

anglo-norman lords

descendant of the normans

they spoke irish and english

when the lord died the oldest son inherited the land

they wore english style dresses and wore shoes

divorce is not allowed

the pale spoke english and followed the english law and the oldest son took the land

the mafia made people pay black rent so they didnt get beaten up

people who lived in pale spoke engish, grew crops, and were loyal to the english king and followed english law

henry had himself declared king of ireland in the irish parlament

they would get their land back and were guaranteed them in english law, they would also be protected by the king. henry gave a title to their lands but if they went to war they would have to provide money and soldiers to the king.

surrender and regrant fails

they did not accept primogeniture but carried on with the brehon law practise of succesion

hugh o neill beat the english twice

they were on home turf

after the battle of the yellow ford

elizabeth poured men and money into ireland

the earl of essex was sent with an army of 9000

new towns

new econemy

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farming methods

growing crops

the field system

woods were cut down

the gaelic irish

gaelic irish tenants were given bad land by servitors and the loyal irish

some also got land from the undertakers

many gaelic irish therefore remained on the plantation estates

others took to the mountains and the woods and became known as tories or outlaws

from there they attacked the planters who feared thta the throats of the poor dispersed brittish would be cut

land and religion

conflicts based on identity

the division between the catholic irish and the irish and the english planters led to further conflict between them over the centuries

protestant ascendancy

what are plantations?

this was the policy of removing the irish people from their lands and replacing them with loyal english settlers (planters), who would rent these lands from the crown. this would result in these new lands being under english control and would raise money for the english king.

irish land got confiscated

plantation of laois-offaly (gueen mary) 1556

plantation of munster (queen elizabeth) 1586

plantation of ulster (king james) 1610

cromwellian plantation (oliver cromwell) 1652

black rent

the first plantation failed

the most gaelic part of ireland

gallowglass (scottish soldier)

wood kernes (irish soldiers)

hugh o neill (earl of tyrone)

trainedan an army

made an alliance with o donnels

brought guns into ireland

flight of earls

elizabeth dies

james I becomes king

guy fawkes tried to

offered ireland to the king of spain phillip II

the battle of kinsale is a very important event

scorched earth policy'

burning animals and crops to starve the irish