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This map is a simplified one, as the amount of land actually colonised did not cover the entire shaded area. The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh; Ulster Scots: Plantin o Ulstèr [1]) was the organised colonisation of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Great Britain during the reign of King James VI and I.
This map is a simplified one, as in the case of some counties the area of land colonised did not cover the whole of the area coloured. A more detailed map of the areas subjected to plantations Plantations in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland ( Irish : Plandálacha na hÉireann ) involved the confiscation of Irish-owned land by the English Crown ...
One of the maps drawn up during the Survey. The Bodley Survey was a 1609 cadastral survey overseen by Josias Bodley which aimed to study the largely unmapped areas of Ulster in the Kingdom of Ireland. It is also referred to as the Ulster Survey of 1609. The survey covered six counties Armagh, Cavan, Coleraine, Donegal, Fermanagh, and Tyrone.
The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh) was the organised colonisation (or plantation) of Ulster by people from Great Britain (especially Presbyterians from Scotland). Private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] while the official plantation controlled by King James I of England (who was also King ...
As a result, the 717 area code remained unchanged for 41 years. For nearly all this time, it was the largest numbering plan area on the Eastern Seaboard . It was pushed slightly eastward in 1994 as part of the split of Philadelphia 's 215 , when a few towns in eastern Lancaster County and western Chester County that were slated to transfer to ...
In the history of colonialism, a plantation was a form of colonization in which settlers would establish permanent or semi-permanent colonial settlements in a new region. The term first appeared in the 1580s in the English language to describe the process of colonization before being also used to refer to a colony by the 1610s.
The Route (Irish: An Rúta) [1] was a medieval territory in Gaelic Ireland, located on the north-east coast of Ulster. It stretched between Coleraine and Ballycastle and as far south as the Clogh River. [2] Originally part of Twescard, a county of the Earldom of Ulster, it was later ruled by the MacQuillans and then the MacDonnells.
Newtownstewart Castle was built by Sir Robert Newcomen in 1615 as part of the Plantation of Ulster. The castle was acquired by Sir William Stewart when he married Newcomen's second daughter in 1629. [5] [6] The castle and town were renamed Newtownstewart by Sir William Stewart after his birthplace. [1]