The plantation of Ulster: Ideology and practice

Studies in Early Modern Irish History

by Micheál Ó Siochrú (Editor), Éamonn Ó Ciardha (Editor)

This book is the first major academic study of the Ulster Plantation in over twenty-five years, newly available in paperback. The pivotal importance of the plantation to the shared histories of Ireland and Britain would be difficult to overstate. It helped secure the English conquest of Ireland, and dramatically transformed Ireland’s physical, political, religious and cultural landscapes. The legacies of the plantation are still contested to this day, but as the peace process evolves and the violence of the previous forty years begins to recede into memory, vital space has been created for a timely reappraisal of the plantation process and its role in identity formation within Ulster, Ireland and beyond. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field offers an important redress in terms of the previous coverage of the plantations, moving away from an exclusive colonial perspective, to include the native Catholic experience, and in so doing will hopefully stimulate further research into this crucial episode in Irish and British history.

Genres: History

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 24, 2012

Reviews

[Pablo García · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un libro interesantisimo para entender las estrategias de colonizacion en Irlanda. Compuesto de diversos capitulos y autores, cada cual aborda la historia intelectual de ambos lados del Mar de Irlanda. A mi gusto, me aburre un poco la historia que analiza las fuentes literarias y hay tres capitulos pesadetes (2 de poesia gaelica y 1 de drama y tratados ingleses). El resto analiza mas tratados politicos y es algo mas ameno. Academicamente buenisimo, como lectura de ocio 7,5/10

[Daniel Holland · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an account of the plantation of Ulster through a thematic guide by several authors.

I found Mac Cuarta’s insight into the Catholic Church in Ulster very elucidating.