3. Immediate cause – the O Moores and O Connors attack the Pale Immediate cause –Desmond Rebellions Munster Plantation The Fitzgeralds of Desmond Queen Elizabeth 1 Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford (1/2 million acres Desmond Rebellion backed by the Pope and Spain Defeat and confiscation Undertakers undertake to only rent land to English Protestant settlers and protect them Spread English customs, law and religion The plantation failed Laois and Offaly O’ Moores and O’ Connors Queen Mary Tudor Queen’s County (Laois) Maryborough town King’s County (Offaly) Defeat and confiscation Only 88 families come Unable to protect the land because of low numbers The plantation failed