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It is the second-largest (after Munster) and second-most populous (after Leinster) of Ireland's four traditional provinces, with Belfast being its biggest city. Unlike the other provinces, Ulster has a high percentage of Protestants, making up almost half of its population.
The aim of this paper is to examine the movement of British settlers into Ulster during the seventeenth century and their spread throughout the province. The first part of the paper discusses the sources which are available to reconstruct the numbers at various times throughout the century.
The Plantation of Ulster was the biggest of the Plantations of Ireland. It led to the founding of many of Ulster's towns and created a lasting Ulster Protestant community in the province with ties to Britain.
Oct 24, 2024 · Ulster, one of the ancient provinces of Ireland and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland’s four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of Irish literature, which recounts the exploits of Cú Chulainn and many other Ulster.
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The Plantation of East Ulster. The oficial scheme for Plantation began in 1609 and included only six of the nine Ulster counties. The counties chosen were Donegal, Tyrone, Coleraine, Cavan, Fermanagh and Armagh.
Oct 31, 2017 · The Ulster Cycle comprises a large body of tales which exhibit rich lives of bravery and love that relate to the heroic adventures of the Ulaid – a pre-historic people who lived in the north-east of Ireland and from whom the modern name Ulster originates.
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The Plantation of Ulster began over 400 years ago. Many thousands of people from Scotland and England moved across the Irish Sea to live in Ulster during the reign of King James the First. He had been the King of Scotland, but in 1603 he had also become King of England. He wanted to change Ulster by ‘planting’
