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The transplanters' certificates and the historiography of Cromwellian Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2015

John Cunningham
John Cunningham*
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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin and Department of History, University of Freiburg
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The Cromwellian settlement of Ireland involved a substantial transfer of property from Catholics to Protestants, and the transplantation of dispossessed Catholic landowners to the western province of Connacht. The latter scheme proved controversial, receiving considerable attention from contemporary Protestant authors, and outright condemnation from all Catholics. Nonetheless, it was little commented upon by historians over the following two centuries.

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Irish Historical Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 147 , May 2011 , pp. 376 - 395
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Copyright © Irish Historical Studies Publications Ltd 2011

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