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The colonial presence in early modern Ireland is usually viewed as being thoroughly English, and in places Scottish, with the Welsh hardly featuring at all. This book, based on extensive original research, demonstrates that there was in fact a significant Welsh involvement in Ireland between 1558 and 1641. It explores how the Welsh established themselves as soldiers, government officials and planters in Ireland. It also discusses how the Welsh, although participating in the 'English' colonisation of Ireland, nevertheless remained a distinct community, settling together and maintaining strong kinship and social and economic networks to fellow countrymen, including in Wales. It provides a detailed picture of the Welsh settler communities and their networks, and discusses the nature of Welsh settler identity. Overall, the book demonstrates how an understanding of the role of the Welsh in the shaping of early modern Ireland can offer valuable new perspectives on the histories of both countries and on the making of early modern Britain. Rhys Morgan completed his doctorate in history at Cardiff University.

Great Britain --- Ireland --- History --- History. --- Welsh --- Cymri --- Cymry --- Welch --- British --- Celts --- Ethnology --- English. --- Tudor. --- Welsh settler identity. --- Welsh. --- colonisers. --- distinct community. --- early Stuart Ireland. --- early modern Britain. --- government officials. --- planters. --- settler communities. --- shaping of early modern Ireland. --- soldiers.

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This fascinating and innovative study explores the lives of people living in early modern Ireland through the books and printed ephemera which they bought, borrowed or stole from others. While the importance of books and printing in influencing the outlook of early modern people is well known, recent years have seen significant changes in our understanding of how writing and print shaped lives, and was in turn shaped by those who appropriated the written word. This book draws on this literature to shed light on the changes that took place in this unusual European society. The author finds that

Books and reading --- Printing --- Social change --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Printing, Practical --- Typography --- Graphic arts --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- History --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Ireland --- Irish Free State --- Social conditions --- Books and reading. --- Druckwerk. --- Lesen. --- Printing. --- Social change. --- Social history. --- 1500-1699. --- Geschichte 1550-1700. --- Ireland. --- Irland. --- 16th century --- 17th century --- booksellers. --- colonization. --- early modern Ireland. --- idea transmission. --- intellectual commodity. --- material commodity. --- print technology. --- printed ephemera. --- printed word. --- social meaning. --- traditional exchange economy.