::: CREDITS :::
Presented by Jim McDowell
Written, Produced and Directed by Jimmy McAleavey.
Executive Producer Brendan J Byrne

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You Thought You Knew: The Plantation was broadcast on BBC ONE Northern Ireland on 12th January 2004 at 22:35
Running time: 40 minutes

::: SYNOPSIS :::
This film tells the untold story of one of the most important periods in Irish history (1590 -1610) and the events which led to the Ulster Plantation - a period when Ulster, as Gaelic as Finn MacCool became Ulster, 'as British as Finchley'. It's also the story of how we've got those events almost entirely wrong.

You Thought You Knew: The Plantation is an important departure from the traditional script, putting a rocket under our received notions about Gaelic Ireland and the coming of the Planters and thus shaking the foundations of our politics.

The proportion of land the Irish were cleared from was minute. And, for the first time, the ordinary Gaelic people of Ulster could rent land, be paid for their labour and even buy farms - all unthinkable while they were under the thumb of Gaelic aristocrats the O'Neills.

And what about the great Protestant myth of the Plantation? It turns out that the chosen people had company - unionist mythology conveniently forgets the large number of Catholic planters who came over.

By bringing the facts to bear on a story shrouded in myth, You Thought You Knew: The Plantation has the potential to ignite fresh debate about the historical legacy of this crucial period. 		 
   
 
   
 
   
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