No planting of Scottish settlers by James 1st in Ulster

King James tends to be remembered for the standard English language protestant bible although he merely commissioned it. However his more lasting contribution to history was to plant Scottish settlers in Ulster as a means of pacification of rebellious Irishmen. However what if he didn't?

The first difference in history mifght have occured when James 11 landed in Ireland and sought to regain the British throne but fgrom the mid nineteenth century onwards there would have been vast differences. The 1798 rebellion may well have occured despite it being protestant led as its leaders were largely not from Ulster and it was not exclusively protestant led. There would still have been protestant in Ireland but largely belonging to the Ango-Irish landowning classes and some of them took part in the War of Indpendence but no planting off settlers would have meant no massive resistance to home rule, no split in the Liberal Party and probably no War of Indpendence
 
King James tends to be remembered for the standard English language protestant bible although he merely commissioned it. However his more lasting contribution to history was to plant Scottish settlers in Ulster as a means of pacification of rebellious Irishmen. However what if he didn't?

The first difference in history mifght have occured when James 11 landed in Ireland and sought to regain the British throne but fgrom the mid nineteenth century onwards there would have been vast differences. The 1798 rebellion may well have occured despite it being protestant led as its leaders were largely not from Ulster and it was not exclusively protestant led. There would still have been protestant in Ireland but largely belonging to the Ango-Irish landowning classes and some of them took part in the War of Indpendence but no planting off settlers would have meant no massive resistance to home rule, no split in the Liberal Party and probably no War of Indpendence
There should be large differences before the 19th century. The nineteenth century should be different enough that the phrases Home Rule and Liberal Unionist mean nothing to those in this TL, and the 1798 rising is not even a twinkle in the eye of an Irishman when the plantations happen. James II was born twenty five years after the plantations started, so depending on how you follow butterflies, our James II may no longer exist. Even if he does, he may never become king. For starters, Henry Frederick is still around, end even if our Charles II and James II exist, Charles could have legitimate offspring.

The butterflies would be flapping strongly during the reign of Charles I though. The Civil War/Wars of the Three Kingdoms would be radically different in Ireland without the plantation. There are many more knowledgeable than me on the site on this period, who are probably better qualified to look at these changes though...
 
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