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The Ulster Plantation: Colonisation That Shaped Ireland
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Ulster Plantation, the 17th-century English and Scottish colonisation of Ireland's northern province. They begin with the Flight of the Earls in 1607, when Gaelic lords fled Ireland, leaving their lands to be seized by the English crown. Lucas explains how King James I used this to implement a large-scale plantation, confiscating land from Irish chieftains and granting it to Protestant settlers from England and Scotland. They discuss the key figures: Lord Deputy Arthur Chichester, who oversaw the plantation, and the ‘undertakers’ who brought…
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