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Ulster Plantations
The 17th-century settlement of Scottish and English Protestants in Ulster, on land taken from Catholic landholders.
Key facts
- In the 17th century, the English government encouraged Scottish and English Protestants to settle in Ulster (the northern province of Ireland), taking land from Catholic landholders.
- In medieval Ireland, English rule was centred on an area around Dublin known as "the Pale".
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