The Ulster Plantation: Colonisation that Remade Northern Ireland

In the early 1600s, following the Flight of the Earls, the English crown embarked on a radical project: the Plantation of Ulster. Thousands of English and Scottish settlers were granted land confiscated from native Irish chieftains, creating a new Protestant majority in the north that would shape Irish history for centuries. Lucas and Luna explore how King James I's scheme turned Gaelic strongholds into planned towns, displaced entire communities, and sowed the seeds of sectarian division. They examine the 'undertakers' who managed the settlement, the 'servitors' who policed it, and the native Irish who were pushed to poorer land. The episode also covers the Londonderry Plantation, the role of the City of London livery companies, the building of Derry's walls, and the lasting impact on language, religion, and identity. A key chapter in Ireland's colonial story. #UlsterPlantation #FlightOfTheEarls #PlantationOfUlster #JamesI #Undertakers #Servitors #Londonderry #DerryWalls #CityOfLondon #LiveryCompanies #ProtestantAscendancy #GaelicIreland #Colonisation #IrishHistory #17thCentury #ScottishSettlers #EnglishSettlers #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo