The Early Plantations

What were the Brehon Laws?

• Gaelic Laws dating from the Iron Age

• Gaelic Laws dating from the Stone Age

• Gaelic Laws dating from the Bronze Age

Henry VIII had how many wives?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Henry VIII favoured a system of surrender and regrant. This was where...

• Gaelic Irish would surrender to the police

• Gaelic Irish lords arrested those who trespassed on their lands

• Gaelic Irish lords would surrender their lands to Henry VII and he would grant it back to them.

Who was responsible for the Laois-Offaly Plantation?

• Henry VIII

• Queen Mary II

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Mary I

The two families who ruled Laois and Offaly in the 16th century were...

• O'Connors

• Fitzgeralds

• O'Mores

• Desmonds

Queen Mary I sent her deputies to Laois and Offaly to confiscate lands because...

• Families there attacked Galway Castle

• Families there attacked the Pale and stole vegetables

• Families there attacked the Pale and stole cattle

• Families there attacked the Port of Cork

A sheriff...

• enforced English laws and customs

• put an end to the violence in Munster

• enforced old Brehon Laws

The Laois-Offaly Plantation was a ...

• Success because many planters arrived from England

• Failure because confiscated lands weren't attacked

• Failure because it didn't attract enough planters

• Success because more land was gained by the Gaelic Irish

Who was Queen Mary I younger half-sister?

• Elizabeth II

• Mary III

• Elizabeth I

• Beatrix

What family ruled much of Munster during the 16th century?

• Desmonds

• O'Mores

• Fitzgeralds

• Butlers