![]() ![]() The proposed new political and social settlement entailed wholesale confiscation of lands and the introduction of a large cohort of settlers from Britain. ![]() Moreover, the unsuccessful revolt in 1608 of Sir Cahir O’Doherty persuaded the London government to curtail drastically the autonomy of the remaining Gaelic lords in the province. ![]() Ulster, traditionally a bastion of Gaelic society and culture, was transformed by the military defeat and subsequent departure of the northern earls, Rory O’Donnell and Hugh O’Neill, to the Continent.ĭuring the first decade of the seventeenth century, Ulster, traditionally a bastion of Gaelic society and culture, was transformed in a relatively short time by the military defeat and subsequent departure to the Continent of the northern earls, Rory O’Donnell and Hugh O’Neill. The Departure of O’Neill out of Ireland, by Thomas Ryan, RHA. ![]()
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