I came across an item saying that Col Thomas Coote came to Ireland with Cromwell and c.1653 claimed 17,000 plantation acres at/near Cootehill, co Cavan. Shouldn't the item read 1,700 acres? The thousands quoted seems excessive. Frank Duggan

Hi Frank, For the Plantation period, 17,000 acres was not an unusual amount to be granted. The land was taken from the native Irish and given to the planters from England and Scotland. The Duke of York later James II and Theobald Taaffe, Earl of Carlingford were at one time the largest land beneficiaries of the Plantation of Ireland. Another major beneficiary was Erasmus Smith who at one time was the largest land owner in Ireland. Beannachtai, Margaret (Máiread) ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Duggan To: GENIRE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:50 AM Subject: Coote Plantation I came across an item saying that Col Thomas Coote came to Ireland with Cromwell and c.1653 claimed 17,000 plantation acres at/near Cootehill, co Cavan. Shouldn't the item read 1,700 acres? The thousands quoted seems excessive. Frank Duggan

Frank Duggan <frankeyd@bigpond.com.au> wrote: : I came across an item saying that Col Thomas Coote came to Ireland with : Cromwell and c.1653 claimed 17,000 plantation acres at/near Cootehill, co : Cavan. Shouldn't the item read 1,700 acres? The thousands quoted seems : excessive. When I first read this, I thought there couldn't possibly be 17,000 acres in the town of Cootehill, but then it occurred to me that the 17,000 acres could be the sum total of various tracts throughout Ireland awarded to Thomas Coote of Cootehill and then it made sense. -dja