Planting Protestants in Ulster: Settlement, Reform, and Elizabeth’s Final Days

Often treated as an aside to the English Reformation, the early‑1700s plantation of Scots in Ulster was a strategic move that reshaped religious loyalties and sowed long‑term sectarian tensions still visible in today’s politics. In this episode we trace how Crown strategy and Protestant conviction intersected, examine Elizabeth I’s late reign in relation to these policies, and consider why the story has become mythologised over time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices