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The Burning of Wildwood: Tudor Plantations Before Ulster
Before the Ulster Plantation, the Tudors tried to colonise Ireland's midlands. This episode dives into the plantations of Laois and Offaly in the 1550s, where Queen Mary I and the Earl of Sussex confiscated land from the O'More and O'Connor clans. We explore the brutal 'sorning' system, the resistance led by Rory O'More, and how these early experiments shaped later policies. From the burning of wildwood to the renaming of territories as King's County and Queen's County, this is a story of dispossession, cultural erasure, and the seeds of colonial…
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