Laois and Offaly
Munster
Ulster
Kings and Queens
Dates and Events
100

This queen ordered the plantation of Laois and Offaly.

Queen Mary I?

100

This queen was responsible for the Munster Plantation.

Who was Queen Elizabeth I?

100

This powerful Gaelic family included Hugh O'Neill.

Who were the O'Neills?

100

This royal family included Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I.

the Tudors?

100

The Laois–Offaly Plantation began in this decade.

the 1550s

200

These two Gaelic families had their lands confiscated in Laois and Offaly.

O'Moores and O'Connors?

200

This powerful family led rebellions against English control in Munster.

Who were the Fitzgeralds of Desmond?

200

This country sent soldiers to help the Irish rebels during the Nine Years' War.

 Spain?

200

This king introduced the policy of surrender and regrant.

Henry VIII

200

The Munster Plantation began in this year

 1586

300

The O'Moores and O'Connors regularly raided this English-controlled area around Dublin.

What was the Pale?  

300

This was the year the second Desmond Rebellion ended.

1583

300

This war was fought between Gaelic forces and the English Crown from 1594 to 1603.

the Nine Years' War?

300

Unlike Elizabeth I, this Tudor queen was Catholic.

Who was Mary I?

300

The Battle of Kinsale took place in this year.

1601

400

Settlers were forbidden from renting their land to these people.

Who were the Gaelic Irish?

400

This name was given to men who received confiscated land and promised to bring settlers to Munster.

Who were undertakers?

400

The Irish and Spanish forces were defeated at this battle in 1601.

the Battle of Kinsale?

400

This king began the Ulster Plantation in 1609.

 King James I?

400

This treaty ended the Nine Years' War in 1603.

Treaty of Mellifont

500

Name two reasons why the Laois–Offaly Plantation was unsuccessful.

The lack of settlers, poor protection after the army left, renting to Gaelic tenants, or Queen Mary's death

500

Name two ways the Munster Plantation failed to go according to plan.

There were fewer English settlers than expected, undertakers renting land to Irish tenants, or continued resistance

500

The departure of these Gaelic leaders in 1607 helped make the Ulster Plantation possible.

the Flight of the Earls?

500

This policy involved Irish lords giving their land to the king, receiving it back and promising loyalty.

surrender and regrant

500

Put these events in order: Flight of the Earls, Ulster Plantation, Battle of Kinsale, Nine Years' War begins.

 Nine Years' War begins (1594), Battle of Kinsale (1601), Flight of the Earls (1607), Ulster Plantation begins (1609)?