The organized colonization of Ulster by settlers from England and Scotland began in 1609 by King James I. Half a million acres of the best land in Ulster were confiscated to settle colonists who had to be English-speaking and Protestant. After 32 years of land theft by anti-Catholic settlers, the Irish rose on September 23, 1641 to seek terms to end the oppression. The rising took England by surprise and to incite support against the Irish, a story of a great massacre of 600,000 innocent Protestant settlers was propagated. Recent research has suggested that the number is more in the region … [Read more...] about What We Need To Know About 1641