1. Write a short paragraph about the Laois-Offaly and Munster Plantations. 2. Write an account of the Ulster Plantation and discuss its results. Why is it considered a success?
Irish lands confi scated by the king could be sold or rented to loyal English settlers
people in the Pale who were loyal to the king
descendants of the Anglo-Normans who had invaded Ireland in the twelfth century
the Gaelic chieftains who followed Irish laws , known as Brehon laws Gaelic Irish laws going as far back as the Iron Age
Surrender and regrant the Old English and the Gaelic Irish rulers were to surrender themselves and their lands to Henry VIII, and he would grant their land back to them with an English title
Succession Planters
Adventurers Presidents Undertakers
when land was passed on from father to son in the English system the new settlers during a plantation
men who claimed to be descendants of the early Normans granted land in Munster by Henry II
men who imposed English law, the English language and the Protestant religion
men who undertook (agreed) to do as they were told with the land given to them
The Flight of the Earls when O’Neill and other Ulster chiefs fl ed to Europe in 1607 Servitors Loyal Irish Penal Laws
English or Scottish soldiers who had fought for the Crown native Irish who stayed loyal to the English during the Nine Years War laws that suppressed the status of Catholics in Ireland
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