Enterprise of Ulster

The Enterprise of Ulster was a programme launched in the 1570s where Queen Elizabeth I tried to get English entrepreneurs settled in areas of Ireland troubled by the activities of Ulster.[1] Under this programme Nicholas Malby, Thomas Chatterton and Sir Thomas Smith were granted large areas of Eastern Ulster and a larger area was granted to the Earl of Essex in 1571.[2] It is believed that Malby never followed up regarding his grant, though he did serve in the military.[3] This was an attempt by the crown to counter resistance in Ulster.[4] This programme was, by all accounts, unsuccessful.[5]

Background

For some time after the enterprise was established, the crown did not actively interfere in the affairs of the other Provinces of Ireland.[6]

References
  1. Sean J. Connolly (1998). The Oxford companion to Irish history. Oxford University Press. p. 177. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  2. John Patrick Montaño (11 August 2011). The Roots of English Colonialism in Ireland. Cambridge University Press. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-521-19828-8. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. Analecta Hibernica. 1992. p. 127. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  4. Christine Kinealy (1 October 2008). A New History of Ireland. Sutton. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-7509-4816-6. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  5. Martin Marix Evans; David Lyons (October 2003). A terrible beauty. Gill & Macmillan. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. Hiram Morgan (1 April 1999). Tyrone's Rebellion: The Outbreak of the Nine Years War in Tudor Ireland. Boydell & Brewer. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-85115-683-5. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
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