Irish Plantations
4 plantations were set up in the 16-17 century
- The Pale- Henry III- small success
- Laois/offaly- Mary Tudor -mass failure
- Munster- Elizabeth I- mass failure
- Ulster- James I- huge success
They were set up because..
- To make Ireland Protestant
- To prevent Ireland's allies from attacking England
- To expand their religion
Religion of all planters- protestant
planters came from..
-England
-Scotland
Undertaker- in charge
Tenant- a worker ( some tenants
were murderers+some were
R. Catholic in a protestant plantation
Servitor- ex soldier
Woodkerne- the Irish
Plantation Towns
- Belfast
-Lisburn
-Coleraine
Plantations 2+3 failed because...
- Woodkerne attacked
-poor quality undertakers+tenants - limited supplies e.g weapons
Describe defences in a plantation town
- a well
-bawn
-walls
-easy+straight roads
1641 Revolt
who revolted?
- Woodkerne attacked planters
Date?
- 23rd October 1641
success/failure
- longs term= failure, NI is protestant
- short term= success
Their reason?
- because planters took their land
Ulster was a success
- King James made sure
the plantation had enough money
- They had weapons
- enough protestant planters+ undertakers
- The flight of the Earls left good land