Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the colonists came from Scotland and England. Small private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while the official plantation began in 1609. An estimated half a million acres (2,000 km²) spanning counties Tyrconnell, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, Coleraine and Armagh, was confiscated from Gaelic chiefs, most of whom had fled Ireland for mainland Europe in the 1607 Flight of the Earls. Most of counties Antrim and Down were privately colonised. Colonising Ulster with loyal settlers was seen as a way to prevent further rebellion, as it had been the region m
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Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the colonists came from Scotland and England. Small private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, while the official plantation began in 1609. An estimated half a million acres (2,000 km²) spanning counties Tyrconnell, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, Coleraine and Armagh, was confiscated from Gaelic chiefs, most of whom had fled Ireland for mainland Europe in the 1607 Flight of the Earls. Most of counties Antrim and Down were privately colonised. Colonising Ulster with loyal settlers was seen as a way to prevent further rebellion, as it had been the region m
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La Colonización del Úlster es ...... ente ante la invasión inglesa.
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Plantacja Ulsteru (ang. Planta ...... się bardziej anglocentryczne.
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The Plantation of Ulster (Iris ...... of the Plantations of Ireland.
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La Colonización del Úlster es ...... nado de Jaime I de Inglaterra.
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La colonizzazione dell'Ulster ...... d'Inghilterra iniziò dal 1609.
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Plantacja Ulsteru (ang. Planta ...... religijnie odrębne wspólnoty.
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Colonización del Úlster
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Plantation of Ulster
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Plantation of Ulster
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Volksplantingen in Ulster
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