Plantations in Ireland

1500
1. King of England => Lord of Ireland
2. Divided in three
  1. The Pale
    1. Area to north and south of Dublin
    2. Followed English law and customs
  2. Anglo-Irish lordships
    1. Ruled by descendants of Anglo-Normans
    2. Followed both English 'common' law and Gaelic Brehon law
  3. Gaelic Irish lordships
    1. Ruled by Irish lords
    2. Followed Brehon law
    3. Very Celtic
Gaelic Brehon law
1. Chief elected from derbhfine
2. Land owned by clan
English common law
1. New lord was the eldest son
2. Land owned by lord
Tudors
1. Henry VIII
  1. Wanted to conquer Ireland
    1. To protect England
    2. To spread Protestantism
    3. Surrender and regrant
      1. Lords surrendered their land to the king
      2. By swearing loyalty to the king, they got the land back, and new English titles
Plantations
1. The rebellious' lands were confiscated
  1. Land is then given to loyal settlers
Laois-Offaly Plantation
1. O'Mores and O'Connors were the lords
2. Queen Mary sent her Lord Deputy with an army
  1. Lands confiscated
    1. Divided into counties
      1. Queen's County
        Laois
      2. King's County
        Offaly
3. Failure
  1. Not enough planters
    1. Not enough English planters
  2. Lands were attacked
Munster Plantation
1. Fitzgeralds ruled most of Munster
2. Queen Mary
  1. Appointed presidents to impose English customs
  2. Encouraged "adventurers" from England
3. Desmond Rebellions
  1. Led by James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald
    1. Defeated twice, then killed
      1. Left Munster in ruins
  2. Earl of Desmond joined, was beheaded

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