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COUNCIL TO HOST PLANTATION CONFERENCE AT BANK HOUSE HOTEL
Natives and Newcomers
The Plantation in Ulster.
Bank House Hotel, Dungannon
4-6 June 2008

There are few, if any, events or episodes in Irish history which can claim to have reshaped the landscape, traditions, population and language of Ireland in the manner in which the Plantation has.
The 17th Century gave birth to many of our towns, markets, courts and customs and witnessed the beginning of a process which some would argue is still unfolding today. The Plantation in, rather than of, Ulster was not an overnight occurrence nor was it the wholesale replacement of the Gaelic Irish with ‘Planters’ from England and Scotland.
The language used to describe this era has led to confusion and misconception and this has been compounded by a lack of serious re-evaluation of the early stages of that process by most scholars. The Plantation was never a certainty nor was its success.
Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council's Natives and Newcomers conference seeks to explore in more detail the texture and meaning of this crucial period of our shared historical experience. With Dungannon History Forum, the Council has brought together many of the leading authorities on this period to not only commemorate the central importance of the Plantation to Dungannon and Ulster in general , but also to reassess the role of the Plantation in building the society that we share in the twenty-first century.
To book your place at the Natives and Newcomers conference (admission free with small fee for lunch), contact Orla Hughes at Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council on 028 8772 8613