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The Scots in Ulster: Plantation, Exodus, and a New Identity
In the early 1600s, thousands of Lowland Scots traded their homeland for the wilds of Ulster, reshaping Ireland and forging a new identity that would echo across the Atlantic. This episode traces the Plantation of Ulster from its origins in the Flight of the Earls (1607) to the arrival of Presbyterian settlers, the 1641 Rebellion, and the Siege of Derry. We follow the rise of the 'Scotch-Irish' — a people who would later populate the American frontier. With figures like James VI and I, Hugh O'Neill, and the Reverend James Hamilton, we untangle a story of ambition, faith, and…
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