Ulster, one of the four ancient provinces of Ireland, remained largely independent of English rule until the end of the 16th century. During the 16th century the English had tried to break the powers ...

the official Plantation is often seen as independent from surrounding developments... The Plantation of Ulster, promulgated in 1609 by King James I and launched a year later, lasted 15 years. Like ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In 1603 King James I became the first British monarch to rule over Scotland, England and Ireland. James, a Protestant, ...

Scottish nationalists need to get over an “immature” view of history and acknowledge their part in building the British Empire, a leading historian has said. Dr John Young, an expert in Scottish and ...

This book is a not a history of Catholicism in Ulster as a religion, but rather considers the Catholics of Ulster as a political and cultural identity. Anyone who has spent any time in Northern ...

The Ulster Journal of Archaeology, a peer-reviewed academic journal, is the longest established and foremost repository of excavation reports and other papers on archaeological research in Ulster. The ...

In 1603 King James I became the first British monarch to rule over Scotland, England and Ireland. James, a Protestant, wanted to unite his three kingdoms and strengthen his rule in Ireland where he ...