The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-10-08
Ole native Irish, as will be seen from the


to the reigl Of g Teen EIiz ,beth all
Ireland was substantially IN possession
OF the native Irish Catholics. Elizabeth
tried to force Protes an'ism on th> peo-
pie, but Of course failed. The Ulster
patriot chiefs, O'Neil and ODonneil, de-.
feated her ablest generals and swept
from Ulster every vestige OF British au-
thority. BIT the brave chieftains we're
defeated in their turn, and. as til. con-
querors with all their conquests could
not make the Irish Protestant, they
resolved upon the plan OF roofing them
out of their lands and putting English
and Scotch Professionals III their places.
This sehem- was parti lily accomplished
10 Ulster IN the reign Of James l. Darcy
McGee, in his history of LELAND, tells
she story as follows:
"The whole of Ulster WAS surveyed IN
q cursory manner by staff, over which
presided Sir William Parsons as survey
or-General. The surveys being COM
pleted early in 1909, q royal commission
was issued to Chichester, Lambert, st.
John, Ridgeway, Moore, Davis, al Par
sons, with the Protestant Archbishop of
| Armagh and the Protestant Bishop of
Derry. Before these Commissioners
juries were sworn on each particular
case, and these juries duly found that in
consequence "ths rebellion" Of D'Neil,
O'Donnell and O'Dougherty the entire
counties of Ulster, enumerated by
baronies and parishes, we're forfeited to
the Grown. BY direction from England
the Irish Privy Council Consisting of
EnglisLmen) submitted scheme for
plan ling these counties with colonies of
civil men we'll affected in religion" [the
Protestant religion, of COUNSEL which
scheme, with several notifications sug-
gested by the English Privy Council, was
finally promulgated by the royal iegisla-
tor King james, under the title OF "Or-
ders and Conditions for the Planters" AZ Az
According TO the division thus ordered
upwards of $4,000 acres we're claimed
and conceded to the Primate and the
Protestant Bishops of Ulster. in Tyrone,
Derry and Armagh Trinity college Prot
estant] got 10000 acres. The various
| trading guilds of the city of London
such as the diapers, winners, cordwain-
ers, drysalters obtained 2O98O0 acres,
including the city OF Derry, which they
rebuilt and fortified, adding London to
| its ancient NAME"
Smyth, an English writer, author of
| "Ireland, Historical and Statistical" in
his account OF the Plantation Of U ster,
notes as follows the character of the un-
dertaking:
| "James's scheme was first carried into
effect in Ulster, where the lands held by
Tyrone and and 'ryrconnell [O'Neil and
| O'Donnell] as sovereign chieftains
amounted to 8l8,344s acres, and formed
principal portions Of the counties of Don
egal, Derry, Armagh, Tyrone, Ferman-
agh and Cayan. + The I'm
dertakers 1.-THE English and Scotch were
to plant upon lands within three years
able mon. Of English or Scotch birth
The British settlers and servitors we're
expressly forbidden to ALLEVIATE Ito bs-
come Catholic or Irish, or to mix or in
termarry with the Irish or to sub-let
their lands to Irishmen /"
The character of Chichester, mentioned
above among the names of King James's
Royal Commission, may be understood
from the following particulars of him
given by Smyth:
"Arthur Chichester was the son of Sir
John Chichester, of Raleigh, in Devon
shire, England. He gave early proofs of
character. He embraced military life
and signalized himself by attacking and
robbing one of the Queens purveyors.
Flying from England to avoid the conse-
quences of prosecution for the crime, he
joined the army Of France. He was af-
forwards pardoned by Elizabeth and re-
turned to England. But hav ng lost
caste by the misconduct of his youth,
and having acquired no fortune, he soon
REPAIRED to Ireland, the great field for
adventures of every kind and degree.
That country he effectn lily assisted to
ssplough and break up" Ito plunderl
After serving in different parts of the
country under Lord Mountjoy, he was
made Sergeant Major Of the army in
1902, was admitted to Privy Councillor,
1908; appointed governor of Carrickfer-
gus in the same year, and Lord Deputy
lord Lieutenant in 1904. In this Office
Chichester particularly recommended
himself to the Kings favor by the spirit
in which he applied to the Ulster planta-
ton. The estates he obtained were enor-
nous. Besides the entire territory of
Innishowen [Donegal] Lodge [English
historian enumeratesa catalogue of other
lands and grants conferred upon him,
which exceeded IN extent the acquisitions
Of the most fortunate plunderers in the