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The article discusses the creation of Irish municipal boroughs by English King James I in 1612 and 1613. It notes James' policy of reducing the autonomy of existing urban networks and promoting urbanization through founding and expanding towns. The author considers the recommendation of Sir George Carew, former president of Munster, Ireland, to create new boroughs to establish a Protestant majority to outnumber the Catholic Old English in the Irish Parliament. Other topics include charters of the boroughs, urbanization as a means of state control, and the Plantation of Ulster, in modern Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The article discusses the anniversaries of the establishment of the Jamestown colony in Virginia and the Flight of the Earls in Ireland. The author notes how the retreat of Irish elites from Ireland initiated the colonization of Ireland by Great Britain as English colonists settled in Jamestown. He comments on conflicting views of the Jamestown settlement and its role in American culture and suggests the Flight of the Earls represents the decline of Gaelic culture. Artist John White painted watercolor paintings of Native Americans that invited comparisons between Native Americans and the Irish. Explorer Walter Raleigh led efforts to establish a colony in America and had previously fought in Ireland.

The article discusses the retreat of Irish lords following war with England. Hugh O'Neill, the Earl of Tyrone, and his ally Red Hugh O'Donnell battled English soldiers following the colonization of Irish land by England. O'Donnell was killed while rallying assistance in Spain. After O'Neill surrendered, he and Rory O'Donnell, the Earl of Tyrconnel, fled to France.

The article focuses on the conquest of Ireland by the British with the Flight of the Earls in 1607. Topics discussed include the concept of individual or divided sovereignty that can be found throughout Irish historical identity, occupying traditionally held territories by clans of Ireland and family battle-cries in Irish society.

The article presents information on the three museums of the Waterfront Museum of Treasures in Ireland, focusing on the Medieval Museum, as of March 1, 2014. An interview with Eamonn McEneaney, head of the Waterfront Museum, is also included discussing the architecture and innovation of the museum, ans well as the medieval period of Ireland's history.