The Enterprise of Ulster was a programme launched in the 1570s where Queen
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudo ...
tried to get English entrepreneurs settled in areas of Ireland troubled by the activities of Ulster.
Under this programme
Nicholas Malby, Thomas Chatterton and
Sir Thomas Smith were granted large areas of Eastern Ulster and a larger area in
Clandeboye, a grant of all of County Antrim except for the Route and the Glens, was granted to the Earl of Essex in 1571.
It is believed that Malby never followed up regarding his grant, though he did serve in the military.
This was an attempt by the crown to counter resistance in Ulster.
This programme was, by all accounts, unsuccessful.
Background
For some time after the enterprise was established, the crown did not actively interfere in the affairs of the other Provinces of Ireland.
See also
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Plantation of Ulster
The Plantation of Ulster (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ) was the organised Settler colonialism, colonisation (''Plantation (settlement or colony), plantation'') of Ulstera Provinces of Ireland, province of Irelandby people from Great ...
References
1570s in Ireland
Plantations in Ireland
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