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The Scots in Ulster: Plantation and the Ulster-Scots Legacy
In 1609, King James VI of Scotland, now also James I of England, launched a controversial plan to transform Gaelic Ulster into a loyal Protestant stronghold. The Plantation of Ulster awarded Irish lands to thousands of Lowland Scots and English settlers, creating a new identity—the Ulster-Scots—that would echo for centuries. This episode follows the journey of the first Scottish undertakers and their Lowland tenants to the shores of Lough Neagh and the River Bann. We explore the charter of the Honourable the Irish Society, the building of fortified towns like Derry (renamed Londonderry), and…
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