1. PlantationsTo replace the disloyal native Irish with loyal
British subjects
2. Background to plantation 1500 English only rule a small
close to the northand south Dublin called the pale. Celts still
followed the Brehon law. Anglo Normans had become independent of
thecrown were more Irish than the Irish themselvesuse both the
common and Brehon law.Fitzgeralds of Kildare, Butlers of
Ormond(Kilkenny), Fitzgeralds of Desmond (Munster). Natives ONeills
of Tyrone, ODonnells ofDonegal, MacCarthys of Cork
3. Crown to control the Fitzgeralds put the Earl ofKildare in
jail led to rebellion of his son silkenThomas Henry VIII defeats
the Fitzgeralds. Cost allot of money
4. Henry VIII Surrender & Regrant
5. Surrender and Regrant Surrender(give) their land to the
king. Land given back regranted by the king with aBritish title.
Had to use English laws language and customs(clothes). Build
towns
6. Native Irish by John Derrick
7. Native Irish
8. Plantation why and how Take the land off rebellious lords or
native andgive it to English settlers they could trust. Replace the
native Irish with British would thebest way to spread the use of
English languageand customs in Ireland. Wouldnt have to send so
many soldiers becausethe planters would defend their land
9. Mary And Philip of Spain
10. Plantation in order1. Lois Offaly or Queen and kings
county. Mary Tudor and Philip of Spain.2. Bring in English law and
protect the Pale control the native Irish.3.Sheriff control each
county4. Marlborough and Philiptown towns.5. Two thirds of land for
planters remaining one third near Shannon for Native Irish.6.
Estates of 300 acres in size
11. Not enough planters, no planters came from Englandso the
land had to be given to Gaelic planters andthis land was attacked
by the OMores & OConnors
12. Munster Plantation Elizabeth I
13. Desmond rebellion in Munster defeated leader James
Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald killed all land taken (confiscated)
14. James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald
15. Plan of plantation Surveyed & Mapped the land Get the
younger sons of nobles from southernEngland to settle. Plantations
to become centres of Englishcivilisation. Planters to resist
Spanish invasion (England atwar with Spain
16. Munster plantation failed Not enough English people came,
These planters called undertakers could notattract English tenants
and had to rent to AngloIrish and Gaelic Irish. Old owners attacked
the new settlers andeventually drove them from the land into towns
orback to England during the Nine years war.
17. Changes After end of war settlers sold their land to
newplanters like Richard Boyle who stayed andbecame rich. New towns
were built like Bandon & Mallowbecame centres of English law
& Culture. New breeds of cattle and new farming methodsused.
English plough used and Tillage becameimportant. Trade build
up.
18. Richard Boyle first earl of cork
19. James I of England Ulster plantation
20. Ulster Plantation Ulster chiefs lead by Hugh ONeill rebel
againstElizabeth had help from Spain but defeated at thebattle of
Kinsale Two years later in 1607 he flees to Europe. This iscalled
the flight of the earls. Their land is confiscated Derry, Donegal,
Cavan,Tyrone, Fermanagh, Armagh. Plantation to create loyal
protestant population and topay soldiers. Planters made up of
Undertakers = English andScottish Planters, servitors (English
soldiers and loyalIrish. London merchants financed the plantation
of Derryrenamed it Londonderry. Had to build defences
21. Success? English influence in Ulster increased i.e.
farming.Town building. Loyal population created. Protestant
religion spread. Eventually leads to a struggle between the
nativepopulation and the planters that continues fromgeneration to
generation and leads to the troublesin the 1960s
