01.36 - Root and Branch
The plantations of Ireland face scrutiny. They cost too much, and are far too Irish!
Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
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Show Notes
Back in the reign of James VI/I, the plantations of Ireland came under official review. Middlesex, looking to cut costs and raise funds, looked across the Irish Sea to the growing colonial project of the Plantations of Ireland. Why were these costing so much money, why were they not bringing in profit, and why were they still so Irish?!
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For this episode, I found the following publications particularly useful:
- Jane H. Ohlmeyer, ''Civilizinge of those Rude Partes': Colonization within Britain and Ireland, 1580s-1640s', in The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire
- Nicholas Canny, Making Ireland British, 1580-1650
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