Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
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The Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 was an English parliamentary law that confiscated land from Irish Catholics and redistributed it to English soldiers and settlers following the Cromwellian conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13014100 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Context triple: [Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, legalConsequence, Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652]
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A.
Triennial Act 1641
The Triennial Act 1641 was an English law passed during the early Stuart period that sought to limit royal authority by requiring that Parliament be summoned at least once every three years.
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B.
Treaty of Mellifont
The Treaty of Mellifont was the 1603 agreement that ended the Nine Years' War in Ireland by securing the submission of Hugh O’Neill and other Gaelic lords to the English Crown, paving the way for their later exile in the Flight of the Earls and the Plantation of Ulster.
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C.
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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D.
Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719
The Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719 was a landmark 1782 statute by the British Parliament that renounced its claim to legislate for Ireland, helping to establish Irish legislative independence in the late 18th century.
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E.
Crown of Ireland Act 1542
The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 was a law passed by the Irish Parliament under Henry VIII that transformed his title from Lord of Ireland to King of Ireland, formally establishing the Kingdom of Ireland under the English Crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Target entity description: The Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 was an English parliamentary law that confiscated land from Irish Catholics and redistributed it to English soldiers and settlers following the Cromwellian conquest.
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A.
Triennial Act 1641
The Triennial Act 1641 was an English law passed during the early Stuart period that sought to limit royal authority by requiring that Parliament be summoned at least once every three years.
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B.
Treaty of Mellifont
The Treaty of Mellifont was the 1603 agreement that ended the Nine Years' War in Ireland by securing the submission of Hugh O’Neill and other Gaelic lords to the English Crown, paving the way for their later exile in the Flight of the Earls and the Plantation of Ulster.
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C.
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement 1701 is a landmark English statute that established the Protestant succession to the English throne and significantly shaped the constitutional monarchy and parliamentary sovereignty in Britain.
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D.
Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719
The Repeal of the Dependency of Ireland on Great Britain Act 1719 was a landmark 1782 statute by the British Parliament that renounced its claim to legislate for Ireland, helping to establish Irish legislative independence in the late 18th century.
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E.
Crown of Ireland Act 1542
The Crown of Ireland Act 1542 was a law passed by the Irish Parliament under Henry VIII that transformed his title from Lord of Ireland to King of Ireland, formally establishing the Kingdom of Ireland under the English Crown.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
ⓘ
confiscation law ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
Irish Catholic landowners
ⓘ
supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 ⓘ supporters of the royalist cause in Ireland ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Act for the Settling of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cromwellian Settlement Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolicy |
Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
plantation policy in Ireland ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1652 ⓘ |
| follows | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Irish Catholic aristocracy
ⓘ
demographic patterns in Ireland ⓘ land distribution in 17th-century Ireland ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cromwellian conquest of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
English Commonwealth government
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell's administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
forfeiture of estates by many Irish Catholic landowners
ⓘ
mass transfer of land ownership from Catholics to Protestants ⓘ transplantation of many Irish landowners to Connacht ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public act ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | English Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
land confiscation in Ireland
ⓘ
punishment of Irish Catholics ⓘ redistribution of Irish land ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | English victory in the Irish Confederate Wars ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cromwellian land settlement in Ireland
ⓘ
English colonial policy in Ireland ⓘ |
| providesFor |
confiscation of land from Irish Catholics
ⓘ
redistribution of confiscated land to English adventurers ⓘ redistribution of confiscated land to English settlers ⓘ redistribution of confiscated land to English soldiers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Act of Explanation 1665
NERFINISHED
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Act of Settlement 1662 NERFINISHED ⓘ Adventurers Act 1642 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Interregnum (England) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Description of subject: The Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 was an English parliamentary law that confiscated land from Irish Catholics and redistributed it to English soldiers and settlers following the Cromwellian conquest.
Referenced by (1)
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