A New Frontier
After the flight of the earls, thousands of Scottish families came to settle in Ulster including the McIlveen family, who came in search of land and in the hope of a new and better life.
After Hugh O'Neill and his followers fled to the Continent in the Flight of the Earls, thousands of Scottish families began to come to Ulster. They came in search of land and in the hope of a new and better life. Among them was the family of Alexander McIlveen. Alexander himself, his wife Ellen, his son David and Mary his daughter. They brought corn and half a dozen sheep with them across the narrow seas that divide Scotland from Ireland.
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Alexander and David are given a big task
Duration: 03:46
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The McIlveens settle in County Down
Duration: 03:58
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The Protestant Plantation of Ulster
Duration: 02:37
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Settling in at Drumboy farm
Duration: 02:29
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- Wed 7 Feb 1990 11:20麻豆社 Radio Ulster