Talk:Plantations of Ireland

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I've added quite a long piece on the Ulster plantation. Maybe it should be taken away from here, put on the Plantation of Ulster page and replaced here with a synopsis? Jdorney 10:56, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I see what you mean: this is now a far better and more detailed article than the one it is supposed (by Wiki rules) to summarise! The contrary argument is that the Ulster text here is proportionate in size and content to its Munster and Leinster (midlands) texts: it would be wrong if it were otherwise. (Excellent stuff, btw).

In an ideal world, the detailed article Plantation of Ulster would be made to redirect here, because really it makes no historical sense to consider it in other than an all-island (sic) context. I predict another civil war if you do that! It's not ideal, but I really don't see a realistic alternative to maintaining essentially the same content in both articles. --Red King 13:20, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ok then. Just looking at the article, its very large now and its not even finished! (Though most of the main bits are done). Maybe it would be better to break it up, I dunno, but as you say, it can only be understood as an ongoing process in Irish history Would be good also to get some images to break up the text, dunno where this could be got though Jdorney 20:43, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cheers for encouraging comments btw Jdorney

I think the specific slice of Irish history that this article concentrates on is the colonisation thing. It describes a specific facet of English policy: partly to give prizes to the winners, partly to keep the awkward squad from coming home, partly to pacify a dangerous neighbour, partly to close the back door (the Spanish Armada was still living memory). Unless there was a distinct change of policy at any stage, then it has to be taken as a whole. That's why I thought that essay had an interesting 'take': why did the PoU succeed when the PoM and PoL failed?

Pictures would be good: if there are any contemporary drawings then they are certainly out of copy-right. If they have been re-engraved, it's arguable. That's why I added the re-engraving note to my 1641 map of Galway . Unfortunately, I don't have anything else to scan. Hopefully someone else will contribute?

Right. All done. Whadya think? feel free to edit away of course.

re pictures, the one of Galway proably wouldn't be much use for this article, but it would be good for the History of Galway page and an upcoming article on the siege of Galway that User:Fergananim is working on. to be honest, I don't actually know how to work the images here at wikipedia, althoug hthere are smoe images I have on my own computer that I'd like to use for various things. Jdorney 13:12, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I did it for the History of Galway article. I wasn't suggesting that it be used here, my point is that modern engraving of old images may not count as simple reproductions so they need to be checked for clearance.

There is a tutorial on pictures at Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial.

Ah yes! probably should have red the whole post! Beautiful map though, where did you get it?

I have a look for images for this on the net. A map with the plantations marked would be good, espcially for people who aren't familiar wit hteh geography of Ireland.

What do you think of the text I've written? Maybe it could do with an epilogue on how the plantations have affected modern Ireland, esp the partition of the north and south? Any other comments? Jdorney 16:12, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I bought a reproduction in Galway many years ago: as it is a mere facsimile with no claim to renewed copyright, I decided that that it was public domain based on expiry of the engraver's work of 1820, when it was included with Hardiman's History of Galway, and scanned it. The orginal is in the library of Trinity College and is about 2 meters wide. The reproduction is bigger than A3, possibly double foolscap so I had to do multiple scans and photoshop them back together (hence the shade artefact in the upper left!).

Yes, a map would be good - is there aleady a wiki map of the four provinces that you could manipulate?

The text is excellent - the absence of further edits is a recognition of that.

Yes, a short para on consequences would be good, but primarily in the form of summaries to refer readers to the relevant sections of History of Ireland.

--Red King 11:44, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, just adding a note to explain the re-formatting. reading through the article, it seemed to me that it would make more sense for the reader who was not familiar with Irish history if it was put in chronological order.

Re images: We need a map of Ireland that is shaded or something to show the planted areas. However I have no idea how to do this. I illustrated the Irish Confederates Wars and related pages - maybe those images could be of some use here. Also, do you know if it is possible to email your own images to wilipedia and then use them? If so, how is this done? Jdorney 20:23, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, should be Irish Confederate Wars above. Use you map btw! Jdorney

There are some good maps on History of Ireland, but maybe don't have all the detail and phasing you need. To create the maps, I think you need Photoshop or PaintshopPro. I haven't come across any way to e-mail: I think you have to upload as per Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial. --Red King 23:23, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Irish Descendancy 2 Long term results 3 Doherty 4 Intro 5 Comment

[edit] Irish Descendancy

"The descendants of the British Protestant settlers largely favoured a continued link with Britain, whereas the descendants of the native Irish Catholics wanted Irish independence."

Isn't Adams an English name? This all assumes that the different peoples didn't intermarry, a common myth, but one not borne out by historical documents of the time - or people's surnames. --MacRusgail 11:24, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, fair point, you could also cite people like Terence O'Neill and Lenny Murphy, who were Protestants, but as a generalisation, it still stands up. Most people in Ireland with surnames derived from Irish are catholics and the majority of people whose surnames originate in England or Scotland are Protestants. The last thing I want to do is to perpetuate sectarian mythology, but by and large the ethno-religious communities of the 17th century are still broadly the ancestors of the current ones in NI - at least in outline - and the poltics of today cannott be explained without some reference to the plantations. Jdorney 12:28, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Well I would point out that loads of Irish native surnames were altered to sound like English names e.g. O'Coileáin became Collins. As such, while some intermarriage did take place, it seems that the article is largely right broadly speaking.- Peter

[edit] Long term results

Does anyone else think that

Since many present day unionists (Ireland) are descended from the Gaelic Irish (e.g. Terence O'Neill) and many Irish nationalists are descended from British settlers (e.g. Gerry Adams)

is rather irrelevant in this paragraph and certainly should not be in the primary element of a sentence that ends in The Troubles in Northern Ireland are therefore in some respects a continuation of the conflicts of the 17th century. (which really sums up the whole paragraph). --Red King 17:11, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Doherty

I would like to add a link from the section on the Ulster plantations to the article I created on the Doherty family history. As well I may do the same in future for stubs I would like to write on Cahir O' Doherty and O' Doherty's Rebellion. If that would be acceptable. Kevlar67 13:18, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

provided you put it in "See also", I doubt that anyone would find cause to object. --Red King 18:35, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Intro

I had just linked to this article from British Empire and thought the size of the intro para was offputting. I left a small piece as the intro, and transferred the rest into the body as an overview section. OK?--80.4.252.114 12:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Cool. Jdorney 15:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comment

Not entirely sure if this is normal Wiki protocol but I'd just like to congratulate you all on an informative piece that manages to avoid POV. Thanks, I learnt a lot.130.237.175.198 10:32, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you.