Welsh and the Shaping of Early Modern Ireland, 1558-1641
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited; Boydell Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781843839248
Subjects: Ireland, history; Ireland, politics and government
Description: Demonstrates that there was ... a significant Welsh involvement in Ireland between 1558 and 1641. It explores how the Welsh established themselves as soldiers, government officials and planters in Ireland. It also discusses how the Welsh, although participating in the 'English' colonisation of Ireland, nevertheless remained a distinct community, settling together and maintaining strong kinship and social and economic networks to fellow countrymen, including in Wales.