Plantations

• The Ulster Plantation - King James I Of England
• • The Ulster plantation brought significant changes in Ireland; in terms of Land ownership and religion. New towns were created to accommodate the settlers in Ireland.Land was no longer owned by the Catholic Gaelic Chieftains it was now owned by Protestant English and Scottish Landowners.Protestants held most of the land and power in Ulster. Most settlers were Protestant this led to religious tensions as the Irish were Catholic,this led to the change of religion in Ireland.
  • The old Gaelic Brehon Law was replaced by the English Law- “Common Law”
• • Many new towns built to the British plan, with 'diamonds' at the centre of the

  town. Many fortified houses known as 'Bawns' were built across the

  countryside, mainly built by 'Undertakers' who were promised grants of land if

  they moved to Ulster.