Connacht Transplantation
Archived: 14 October 2026
In 1675, Ireland remained shaped by unresolved consequences of Cromwellian conquest and Restoration land legislation. On 22 September, Charles II appointed commissioners to decide individual Connacht transplanters’ claims, addressing disputed assignments without reversing Protestant property gains. Lord Lieutenant Essex left for England amid conflict over revenue farming, military finance and Dublin’s dependence on Whitehall; Boyle and Forbes governed as lords justices. Catholic clergy faced continuing, uneven pressure under banishment policy, while parallel Protestant and Catholic hierarchies endured. English restrictions on Irish cattle trade encouraged commercial redirection towards continental and Atlantic markets. Together, these issues exposed an incomplete post-conquest settlement still.