Plantations of Ireland
1550s – 1690s · Event
The confiscation of Irish land and its colonisation by English and Scottish settlers, from Laois–Offaly through Munster and Ulster to the Cromwellian settlement. About two thirds of the land changes hands.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master, British Empire, United Kingdom (combined), England
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