The Irish plantations

The name given to the ruling family of a clan

• Brehon 

• Sheriff 

• Derbhfine

What is an Irish plantation?

• An estate in which crops are grown in.

• Emigrants that have moved to another country to live.

• Scottish or English settlers that were sent from their country to Ireland to occupy a plot of land and work there,

• A mixture of emigrants (typically from England) and native Irish that make up a small community.

What was Surrender & Regrand and who created it?

• Queen Mary created a system that would alloy her to gain control over Irish land and transfer it into English property.

• The Gaelic lords surrendered their land to Henry VII so that it became English owned but they still continued to use Irish laws and language.

• Henry VII came up with a system to gain control over Irish land, where Gaelic lords would surrender their land and he would grant it back to them under the conditions they used English laws and language.

Lord deputy

• A person in training to become a lord.

• The kings representative in Ireland.

• The king’s second in command. If the king was ill the lord deputy would take over for the king.

• A person who controlled land.

What religion was present in England during this time and why?

• England and Ireland were both catholics because the English and Native Irish people mixed well and wanted to follow the same religion.

• the English were Protestant because Henry VII wanted to have a divorce and the Protestant religion allowed this.

• The English were Protestant because they had been conquered by the Germans following the reformation and converted into the Protestant religion.

Why were the plantations created?

• Because the English wanted to become more like the Irish so they sent their people over to mix with the Irish.

• It was an effective way to spread the Protestant religion and gain more control over Ireland.

• The English couldn’t afford to send the army over to conquer Ireland so they chose this option instead.

• It was created as a way to spy on the Irish so the English could find out what they were planning.

What was The Pale?

• It was a strip of land centred around Dublin that became the base of English rule in Ireland.

• A small base in rural Ireland that was set up by the English.

• Areas the native Irish inhabited were called this.

Who were the Gaelic Lords?

• Missionaries sent from England in charge of converting the Irish people’s language into English.

• They were one of the highest ranks in the Irish army.

• They ruled over their province.

• They ruled over their clan and were part of a derbhfine.

Who were the Old English lords?

• They were descended from the Normans and ruled land in Ireland but the English king was their overlord,

• They were english by blood but chose to be part of the Irish community and serve the Irish lords,

• They were descended from the Normans but served the Irish lords.

Who were the Servitors?

• Irish soldiers that got land in Ulster despite it being majority English.

• English and Scottish soldiers that got land in Ulster.

• People who granted land to the English in Ulster.