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Plantations
Term | Definition |
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Plantation | Policy of settling confiscated land with people loyal to the Monarch |
The Pale | Area around Dublin where English laws, language, customs and traditions were used |
Surrender and Regrant | Henry VIII's policy of controlling Ireland |
Undertakers | Settlers who received land during the plantations and promised to obey the rules of the plantation |
Servitors | Former soldiers during the 9 years war who were paid in land for their service in the army |
Bawn | Enclosed, defensive stone yard built by planters during the Ulster Plantation. |
Queen Mary | Laois and Offaly |
Queen Elizabeth | Munster |
King James | Ulster |
Oliver Cromwell | Cromwellian |
Black Rent | Money demanded by the Gaelic Irish in return for a promise not to attack farmers in the Pale. |