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===Kerrycurrihy===

In 1568–1569, [[Warham St Leger]] and [[Richard Grenville]] tried to establish a small English joint stock colony in the barony of Kerrycurrihy, by [[Cork Harbour]], on land leased from the Earl of Desmon.<ref>Lennon, Colm. ''Sixteenth Century Ireland, the Incomplete Conquest''. Gill & Macmillan, 1994. pp. 211–213. {{isbn|9780717116232}}</ref> They then proposed establishing larger corporate colonies in late 1568 creating a consortium of English merchants to fund a colony in Baltimore, west Co. Cork, mainly for exploiting the fisheries in Munster. The scheme was privately funded but also received a stipend from the English crown<ref>https://www.dib.ie/biography/st-leger-sir-warham-a8224</ref><ref>Ellis, Steven. ''Ireland in the Age of the Tudors''. Routledge, 2014. p.293</ref> At about this time Grenville also seized lands for colonization at [[Tracton]], to the west of Cork harbour creating the first joint English stock colony in history. Sir [[Peter Carew]] had asserted his claim to lands in south Leinster. The plantations in the south of Ireland led to bitter disputes with local Irish. However, in June 1569 the fledgling colonies were destroyed by the Irish under [[James FitzMaurice]] when the first [[Desmond Rebellion]] began.<ref>Ellis, Steven. ''Ireland in the Age of the Tudors''. Routledge, 2014. p.295</ref>

===East Ulster===