FROM 1550 - 1750 > TRANSPORT & TRADE                   1-10 11-20                   Early Export Trade The English settlers imported English horses, cattle, pigs and sheep. There was a good export trade in wool, tallow and hides – often to ...     Currency Trade was hindered by the lack of proper currency. Irish coins were worth less than their English counterparts. The Irish shilling was ...     16th Century Travel Travel in the 16th century was very difficult because of the lack of good roads. Rivers were used for transport and coastal towns were ...     London Guilds Ulster really did not have towns until the Plantation in 1610. Co Derry was given to the London Guilds which formed the “Irish Society” ...     Highways Act 1613 In 1613 parliament’s most useful action was to pass the Highways Act which provided for the maintenance of roads, cashes (rough bridges) ...     Trade in Reign of Charles II During the reign of Charles II, which began in 1660, there was increasing prosperity in Ireland. Farming methods improved and the main ...     Imports The Navigation Act of 1670 forbade Irish merchants to import directly from the colonies. All goods, especially tobacco, had to come to ...     Carts and Carriages     Gun Money James II was so short of money that he had to melt down guns to make coins. Brass coins of a face value of about one million pounds were ...     Roman Catholics and Trade The Penal Laws at the end of the 17th century meant that many Roman Catholics, deprived of access to many other professions, made their ...     <>                 1-10 11-20