The Ulster Plantation and the Growth of Towns

Practice fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering the Nine Years War, key historical figures, and the events and details of the Ulster Plantation.

In 1594, a great rebellion broke out against English rule in Ireland led by Hugh O'Neill, the Earl of __________.

Tyrone

During the Nine Years War, the Gaelic Irish lords asked King __________ of Spain for help.

Philip II

At the Battle of Kinsale in 1601, the Spanish Armada was defeated by an English army led by Lord __________.

Mountjoy

In 1607, during the event known as the Flight of the Earls, O'Neill and the Ulster nobility fled to __________.

Rome

Following the Flight of the Earls, the new English king, King __________, confiscated their lands.

James I

The Plantation in Practice officially started in the year __________.

1609

The six counties planted during the Ulster Plantation were Fermanagh, Armagh, Tyrone, Derry, Donegal, and __________.

Cavan

Unlike the Munster plantation, the size of estates in the Ulster Plantation was capped at __________ acres.

2,000

Men who had served in the English army during the Nine Years War and were awarded land were called __________.

Servitors

County Derry was given over to the control of the London Trade Guilds and was renamed __________.

Londonderry

 Scottish Presbyterians who came to Ulster during the plantation were influenced by __________.

John Knox

Gaelic Irish who lost their land and were forced to live as outlaws scavenging for food were known as __________.

Tories

Before the plantation, land use was primarily __________ farming, which involved keeping sheep and cows.

pastoral

After the plantation, land use shifted to __________ farming, which involved growing crops like wheat and oats.

arable

__________ became a popular crop during the plantation, which later attracted industry to 19th-century Ulster during the industrial revolution.

Flax

Undertakers built stone houses and __________ (stone-walled defensive enclosures) to protect themselves, such as Tully Castle in Co. Fermanagh.

bawns

Planters were offered greater protection through the construction of towns such as Belfast and __________.

Omagh