The Ulster Plantation: How James I Colonised the North of Ireland

In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the most consequential episodes in Irish history: the Plantation of Ulster under King James I. They explore how, after the Flight of the Earls in 1607, the English crown seized the lands of the Gaelic lords in the northern province and parcelled them out to Scottish and English settlers. The conversation follows the key figures involved—from Lord Deputy Arthur Chichester to the London livery companies who funded the plantation—and examines the mechanics of colonisation: the creation of new towns like Derry (renamed Londonderry), the displacement of native Irish to poorer lands, and the legal and social structures that entrenched a Protestant settler class. Lucas explains how the plantation was supposed to bring 'civility' to a 'barbarous' region but instead sowed centuries of sectarian division. They also touch on the lesser-known Plantation of Wexford and the Munster Plantation that preceded it, giving a broader picture of how English policy remade Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries. #UlsterPlantation #JamesI #FlightOfTheEarls #ArthurChichester #Londonderry #Derry #PlantationOfUlster #IrishHistory #ScottishSettlers #LondonLiveryCompanies #TheOPlantation #CatholicAndProtestant #ColonialIreland #StuartEngland #GaelicIreland #HistoryOfIreland #FexingoHistory #IrelandHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo