It's not a scholarly book but you might check out http://www.hamiltonmontgomery1606.com/ John Carey -----Original Message----- From: scotch-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scotch-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David N. Young Sent: January-28-12 12:11 PM To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: [S-I] Plantation of Down Can anyone please recommend a good modern scholarly book about the plantation in [present] Co. Down [that Linda mentioned as being different than the others in the Irish N. East? Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi John, another one is Jonathan Bardon's "Plantation of Ulster ". I have it on order but haven't read it yet. The Blurb says: "The Plantation of Ulster was the most ambitious scheme of colonisation ever attempted in modern Europe, and one of the largest European migrations of the period. It was a pivotal episode in Irish history, sending shock waves reverberating down the centuries. In this vivid account, the author punctures some generally held assumptions: despite slaughter and famine, the province was not completely depopulated as was often asserted at the time; the native Irish were not deliberately given the most infertile land; some of the most energetic planters were Catholic; and the Catholic Church there emerged stronger than before. Above all, natives and newcomers fused to a greater degree than is widely believed: apart from recent immigrants, nearly all Ulster people today have the blood of both Planter and Gael flowing in their veins. Nevertheless, memories of dispossession and massacre, etched into the folk memory, were to ignite explosive outbreaks of intercommunal conflict down to our own time. The Plantation was also the beginning of a far greater exodus to North America. Subsequently, descendants of Ulster planters crossed the Atlantic in their tens of thousands to play a central role in shaping the United States of America." Another is "The Plantation of Ulster" by Philip Robinson. It focuses on the process of colonization. Somewhere there's another book I like, but I can't find it right now. Later in history ....I see on my bookshelf "Cromwellian Ireland" by T C Barnard and "The Williamite War in Ireland 1688-1691" by Richard Doherty. Bardon's "History of Ulster" is probably the best (certainly the thickest) general history of Ulster. I also found, for general history of Ulster and its inhabitants, Elliott's "Catholics of Ulster" very interesting reading no matter who you think your ancestors were. Linda Merle ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Carey" <johnca@quickclic.net> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:23:07 PM Subject: Re: [S-I] Plantation of Down It's not a scholarly book but you might check out http://www.hamiltonmontgomery1606.com/ John Carey -----Original Message----- From: scotch-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:scotch-irish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David N. Young Sent: January-28-12 12:11 PM To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Subject: [S-I] Plantation of Down Can anyone please recommend a good modern scholarly book about the plantation in [present] Co. Down [that Linda mentioned as being different than the others in the Irish N. East? Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message