As a new wave of British settlers moved into Ulster following the plantation there in the early seventeenth century, ports, towns, markets and fairs were both established and further developed. The survival of the port books for Londonderry, Coleraine, Carrickfergus and the Lecale ports of County Down for the years 1612–15 offers detailed information of goods imported into Ulster which affords us insights into the consumer habits and preferences of the British settlers now living in that province. While it was hoped by some that the introduction of a new market and trade culture would have a ‘civilising’ effect upon the Gaelic Irish, evidence of consumer preferences tells a somewhat different story, which a study of Ulster’s import trade and settler society in early Plantation Ulster can illustrate.

在十七世纪初期，随着一批新的英国移民在阿尔斯特（Ulster）移居之后，港口，城镇，市场和集市都得到了建立和进一步发展。伦敦德里，科尔雷因，卡里克弗格斯和唐郡的莱卡勒港口的港口书籍在1612至15年间的存活情况，提供了进口到阿尔斯特（Ulster）的商品的详细信息，使我们能够洞悉目前居住在英国的定居者的消费习惯和偏好该省。尽管有人希望引入新的市场和贸易文化将对盖尔爱尔兰人产生“文明”影响，但消费者喜好的证据却讲述了一个截然不同的故事，这是对阿尔斯特早期的进口贸易和移民社会的研究。 Plantation Ulster可以说明。