1168 - 1169 - 1170 - 1171 AD 

                                                                                                          "The Beginning of RACIAL IMPERIALISM in Ireland."

      110.Donnell Mor O Brian who was now the new Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond constructed the Cistercian Abbey at Holy Cross in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, situated on the River Suir, on the eastern side of the River Shannon intended for the use of the "Benedictine" monks, and also to house the portion of the "True Cross of Christ" given initially to 106.Donough mac Brian who had been the 42nd King of Cashel / Munster in 1110 AD by "Pope Paschal 11," and he also began the building of a religious house on the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary, in the north - east of Munster, which would later become the Cathedral Church there.

     The Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig / Kinsella Sept had previously been the "main" Fine / Family in Southern Leinster under the leadership of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall who had been the 59th King of Leinster, set up at Ferns at St. Maedoc's Monastery in Co. Wexford, while the other main Cu Corb Sept had been the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Fine / Family in Southern Leinster who was now their "subordinate" kinsmen the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Ui Muireadhaigh represented mainly now by the O Tooles and their close kinsmen the O Byrnes from the Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain Sept. Their Heremonian Cu Corb kingdoms and territories were divided by a "watershed" / Gabair between the River Liffey and the River Slaney, while, the Heremonian Cu Corb Septs' region around Dublin, Glendalough and Kildare was to be situated further north where it was known as Laigin Tuath Gabair, and in the south in the region of Leighlin and Ferns where it was known as Laigin Desgabair. The Gaelic Milesian Irian Ui Loigis Sept who also had their territory there in the south had previously been the"vassals" of the original predominant Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge dynasties in the north of Southern Leinster, but they had since been incorporated into Leighlin due to the recent growing dominance of the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Sept under the Mac Murroughs. The Mac Murrough's rise to the overall Kingship in Southern Leinster had emanated initially from the outstanding success of the Mac Murroughs immediate ancestor, *110.Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - of the Many Cattle who had first become the 51st King of Leinster and later on "unofficially" the 177th King of Ireland - with opposition, bringing their particular "Ui Cheinnselaig" / Kinsella Fine / Sept once again to prominence, just in time to make the "infamous" 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall a major player at this time in the overall scheme of things in Ireland.

        113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall, when he was previously the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb 65th King of  the Ui Cheinnselaig / Kinsella Sept had founded a monastery adjacent to the coast at New Ross in Co. Wexford on the River Barrow near the Co. Kilkenny / Ossory border in his own territory then in Southern Leinster where his new found "foreign allies," the "Galls," would take up vast Estates after the all out coming Anglo - Norman English Invasion, but owing to his irresponsible actions in this regard and his own personal agenda, his Heremonian Cu Corb kinsmen the Ui Dunlainge Sept under the leadership of, (and who were to become known as the ferocious O Tooles and O Byrnes), were to also to be driven out of their original territory in Central Southern Leinster after 1169 AD by the invading Anglo - Normans, towards the east - coast and the safety of the Wicklow Mountains in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster.   

1168 AD *115.Rory O Connor the Gaelic Milesian Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray 183rd King of Ireland had made an annual grant for the teaching of the students from the Scottish Highlands and Ireland, and also assisted in building the Cathedral in Tuam in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, which was his own main "capital region" in his personal kingdom in the Connacht Province, and as the 56th King of Connacht he had previously also founded an Augustine Abbey at Cong / Cung in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of Connacht, where he would retire to when he would be "deposed" later on in 1186 AD and die in peace in 1198 AD. (It too is now only a ruin). 

    *115.Rory O Connor as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 183rd King of Ireland went to Co. Meath in the south - east of Northern Leinster where Diarmait O Melaghlin / Ua Mael Sechlainn the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill King of Meath had recently been slain by his cousin, Donnell Breaghach O Melaghlin / Mac Loughlin  who had then set himself up in his cousin's palace. and *115.Rory O Connor took this opportunity to "divide" Meath / Midhe once again also, keeping overlordship of the "western half" adjacent to his own territory in Southern Connacht for himself, and the overlordship of the "other half" adjacent to Northern Connacht he gave over to his kinsman and ally the "aged" 113.Tiernan O Rourke the Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne who had his territory nearby in Co. Leitrim in the north - east of Connacht. *115.Rory O Connor, and 113.Tiernan O Rourke, along with their followers from Co. Meath and Co. Dublin in the Leinster Province went up against the ongoing troublemaker, 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall again, as he was at it once more creating further "dissent" in the territory in Southern Leinster, and he was again forced also "once again" to submit to *115.Rory O Connor, but this time, he was obliged to give up his own son, 114.Conor Mac Murrough, who was also his Tanaiste (heir apparent), as a hostage for his future "good behaviour" and also agreed that he would not encourage anymore of the Foreign Galls into Ireland. (The eventual "breaking" of this particular promise in his own interest instead, involving the life of his son, 114.Conor Mac Murrough, would be a further insight into his personal character also.)

May 1st : 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall continuing to follow his own personal agenda, despite his previous commitment to *115.Rory O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 183rd King of Ireland, was to continue to encourage his foreign allies, the Cambrian Anglo - Normans in Wales, to arrive, without notifying anyone, of what was forthcoming, and was to also guide them personally into his territory as a starting place for the overall takeover in Southern Leinster to begin the ongoing "confiscations" and Foreign Gall "plantations" and everlasting mayhem in Ireland.

        The Anglo - Normans were originally of Teutonic Scandinavian Viking blood who had a particular stature, with round compact heads, a pale complexion, a sturdy build, a square face and falcon like noses, and they were all to be in Ireland eventually under the overall command of Strongbow 11 (Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare) the second English Earl of Pembroke in Wales who was to carry out two short campaigns in Ireland, but at this time he was to send over 30 fully armoured knights, 60 half - armoured horsemen and 300 Welsh or Flemish archers and foot - soldiers to back up 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's agenda, who were all from the south of Wales, under the leadership of Robert Fitz Stephen. They landed on the south - east of the Irish coast in 3 ships into 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's territory at the Viking settlement of Wexford in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, to the south of Bannow Bay, where they constructed an earthen fort and were joined there by 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall himself, and set up their initial camp at Baganbun Head in the Baronies of Bargy and Forth. The Teutonic Vikings who were already established there in Wexford despite being in 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's territory, and due to his previous misadventures with *115.Rory O Connor the 183rd King of Ireland, considered that they were now independent of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall there in Southern Leinster and were ready personally to take on these new Foreign Galls who were being backed up by 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough's own followers in Southern Leinster. Instead eventually on seeing the extent and numbers of these recent armour clad Normans, the Vikings there decided to instead "withdraw" from the region and pull back into Wexford town itself, while burning any outlying buildings that these new Foriegn Galls might make use of, but Robert Fitz Stephen undaunted was to follow them back in at first, and then had his men secure the trenches that surrounded the town, while at the same time had his Welsh and Flemish archers cover their advance by showering the walls with arrows while his men mounted their siege ladders and began clambering up to the top of the surrounding walls. The Vikings in Wexford then retaliated by hurling large stones and wooden beams down on top of them, and this strong resistance eventually brought to an "end" the onslaught by the invading Foreign Galls on the settlement at Wexford, as Robert Fitz Stephen was forced to call on his men to "retreat" and instead went to the harbour were he set fire to all of the ships that were there.

     The next day, another 2 shiploads of Cambro - Norman supporters arrived into Southern Leinster to further strengthen 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's foreign forces from Wales, who were this time under the command of Robert Fitz Stephen's uncle, Maurice de Priondragas / Prendergast, with another 10 Norman knights, including Hervey de Montmorency / de Monte Mariseo who was accompanied by more Welsh and Flemish bowmen, while in the meantime the excited, 113.Diarmait Mac Murrogh na Gall had been waiting for them all at his fortress at Ferns in Co. Wexford and he sent his own followers to Baganbun Head to guide them in, and Robert Fitz Stephen then attacked the Vikings in Wexford again, who realising that further resistance was now "futile" decided to come to a peaceful agreement with him instead. With their Catholic Bishops acting as their mediators, they eventually concluded a "truce" and also re - submitted to 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall who then handed over the control of the Wexford "Viking" settlement personally to Robert Fitz Stephen and this now meant that the Vikings in Wexford were also "allied" with 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall and his "Foreign Gall" supporters and together they then "ravaged" the nearby Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Gilla Patrick / Fitz Patrick kingdom of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster. After the ferocious battle that was to occur there came to an end 200 of the "severed heads" of the defenders of Ossory were laid out at 113.Diarmait Mac Murrogh na Gall's feet and he then walked along the line slowly turning over their severed heads, one by one, until he came to a particular one where he took hold of the head by the ears and the hair, and in an act of an "outward sickening" public display of his true "malicious" character, and the "unbounded savagery" within him, he tore into the nostrils and the lips of this particular individual with his own bare teeth.

   113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall now feeling well in charge of the situation "granted" the territory along the coast between Wexford in Southern Leinster and Waterford there further to the north along the east coast in Co. Waterford, in the south - east of the Munster Province, to Hervey de Montmorency the Anglo - Norman Baron, who was Strongbow 11's uncle, and as 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's new combined "Foreign Gall" forces advanced into the surrounding Southern Leinster territoris of the Irish Septs they took over the various Catholic churches along the way to use as their own personal fortifications, while alleging that the Septs in those particular regions were using them as store houses against them. With their "superior" weapons and equipment, such as mail armour and their armour clad horsemen, along with their "long broad swords," their superior lances, and especially their Welsh and Flemish archers, they made short work of those Irish who attempted to stand against them, who were using their particular Celtic way of "hand to hand" fighting with axes and short swords. 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall now also had the added aid of the Vikings from out of Wexford, who were combined with the influx of even more Cambro - Normans from Wales, and once again they fought a fierce battle against Donnell Mac Giolla Phadraig / Fitz Patrick the nearby Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory and defeated the Irish Septs who were with him with further great "slaughter" of his followers near Freshford in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster. During the attack Maurice de Prendergast and his men left him and joined in with the men at Ossory and they then continued on and also invaded the nearby Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Ui Muireadhaigh and Ui Faelain territories of the O Tooles and O Byrnes who at this time still had their territory in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster.         

1169 AD Unaware of the drastic impending trouble that now lay ahead with the increasing numbers of invading Anglo - Cambro Normans, it was business as usual with the O Kellys / Ui Cellaigh from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Sept, who had their territory in the south - east of the Connacht Province, who were at this time besieging the territory nearby in Aur Mhumhain / Ormond / North Eastern Munster, which overlapped into Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster. (This was the territory of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough O Kennedys, who were descended from 105.Duncan / Donncuan, who had been an older brother of *105.Brian Boru the previous Gaelic Milesian 175th High King of Ireland, as both had been the sons of 104.Kennedy / Cinneide.) This particular conflict had come about due to the fact previously that  *115.Rory O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 183rd King of Ireland had been unaware of any further "Foreign Gall" intervention in Ireland, and had only recently encouraged the other Septs in Connacht to carry out raids throughout the west from Galway Bay down to the River Shannon at that this time to keep the newly established local "troublemaker," 110.Donnell Mor O Brian, who was now the Heberian Dal gCais King of Northern Munster / Thomond, occupied, and to stop him from any further attempts to usurp *115.Rory O Connor's position as the 183rd King of Ireland. To this end the O Kellys and their Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Sept had burnt the Killaloe Bridge in the north - east of Co. Clare, which crossed over the River Shannon into Co. Tipperary, while they were endeavouring to keep the meandering  110.Donnell Mor O Brian and his Dalcassian warriors confined to the western side of the river. 

       113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall had strongly convinced Strongbow 11 the Anglo - Norman Baron of Pembroke in Wales, of the rewards he would receive for supporting him, who had then gathered together a formidable army with monetary assistance from Jewish connections, but Henry 11 now "unsettled" by it all was to cancel Strongbow 11's planned expedition into Ireland, but he had already left Wales for Ireland as 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall had previously made certain personal promises, that were also blatantly against the "Irish Brehon Law," to Strongbow 11 / Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare the Anglo - Norman Marcher Baron in Wales, regardless of the consequences, if he was to assist him to get back his territory in Southern Leinster. (This was reminiscent of what 110.Mael Morda the Hermonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain 45th King of Leinster had done to previously bring on the tremendous Viking Invasion at Clontarf against *105.Brian Boru the Heberian Dal gCais175th High King of Ireland in 1014 AD). 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall had also offered the hand of 114.Eva / Aoife, who was another of his daughters, in marriage to Richard de Clare / Strongbow 11 and also the eventual Kingship of Leinster, which he knew full well was totally against the "Irish Brehon Law." (It seems that 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall now may have had even higher ambitions personally for himself.) Finally realising what was going on *115.Rory O Connor and his warriors from the Connacht Province set out to take 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall and his "Foreign Galls" head on, once again, and  Robert Fitz Stephen the Anglo Norman Baron then had 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall prepare his defences among the woods and bogs of Southern Leinster in anticipation of what was about to occurr. 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall had also made up his mind to bide for further time so that the "reinforcements" from Strongbow 11 in Wales would arrive to save the day for him, and to this end he once more reasserted his "submission" to *115.Rory O Connor giving over further hostages again for his future good behaviour and told *115.Rory O Connor that he would "send" the "Foreign Norman Galls" away as soon as he secured Southern Leinster, and *115.Rory O Connor who was totally unaware of the "overall" picture involving Strongbow 11 and Henry 1st the King of England took him at his word.                    

1170 AD *115.Rory O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin 183rd King of Ireland now besieged Northern Munster, which was under the control of  the other thorn in his side, the rambunctious 110.Donnell Mor O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond, who was also the son - in - law of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall, who *115.Rory O Connor, unaware of the overall "Foreign Gall" threat, now considered was his main rival in Ireland, but unbeknown also to him was the fact that 110. Donnell Mor O Brian had by now, due to his connection to 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall, also obtained Anglo - Norman military support under the leadership of Robert Fitz Stephen who had personally been sent by 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall to assist him and they had been raiding *115.Rory O Connor's territory in the Connacht Province nearby. In the meantime another 2 shiploads of 140 Anglo - Norman - Welsh warriors had also arrived from Wales under Maurice Fitz Gerald / Mac Gearailt who would become the direct male line ancestor of the Geraldines / Fitz Geralds in Ireland. Robert Fitz Stephen had also by now well and truly secured the Viking settlement in Wexford on the south coast of Southern Leinster, while 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall and Maurice Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Marcher Baron advanced on the much more important Viking settlement in Dublin situated on the north - easy coast of Southern Leinster. 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's forces were to ravage and burn the surrounding territory there until the Viking Norse who were in control there also finally accepted 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall as their overlord also in Southern Leinster, who was by now feeling that he might even be capable of gaining the overall High Kingship of Ireland. Robert Fitz Stephen and Maurice Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Marcher Barons, advised 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall to also send over to Briton to Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare / Strongbow 11 the Norman second Marcher Baron of Pembroke in Wales to get more men to support him in Ireland.

May: Raymond Le Gross - the Large Fitz Gerald, who is the direct male line ancestor of the Graces in Ireland, who was another of the related Anglo - Norman Marcher Barons from Wales, also landed in Ireland with a further 2 shiploads of men, on the east coast near Wexford in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, in the territory once again of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall, including 20 Norman knights and 70 more Welsh archers near the junction of the Rivers Barrow and the River Suir.

1171 AD August 23rd:  Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare / Strongbow 11,( the Norman son of Gilbert de Clare who had been the original Strongbow in Wales), who had organized economic support for an expedition into Ireland from Jewish moneylenders, had already sent an advance guard of warriors to set up a beach head near Waterford instead on the east coast of Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province, which was another original Viking settlement, where they were to be savagely resisted once again by the Viking forces there, while Strongbow 11 himself arrived at Passage, to the east of Waterford with a further 200 armoured Norman knights on horses, longbows and 1,000 more Welsh archers and went on the attack there and eventually succeeded in scaling the walls and securing the township of Waterford also. All of the Anglo - Norman forces were now "combined" under Strongbow 11, including Maurice Prendergast / de Priondragas and his men, who he had also brought back with him. (Some of the Prendergast descendants in Ireland were also later to Gaelicize their name to Fitz Maurice.) With Waterford taken and Sitric the Viking leader there slain, Strongbow 11 immediately married 114.Eva / Aoife the daughter of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall to consolidate his own position in Ireland further with 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall, who also gave him the important Fort of Dunamase as a dowry, which was situated in Co. Laois further to the north in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster. Together with a combined force of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's warriors from the Southern Leinster Ui Cheinnselaig / Kinsella Sept and the Cambro - Normans and their supporters, they marched on towards Dublin in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster, which was the Viking settlement that was of much greater importance in Southern Leinster. *115.Rory O Connor the 183rd King of Ireland now realising the actual extent of this new threat, gathered together his "combined" Irish forces to try and stop them, and he placed his warriors to the south of Dublin to cut them off, but 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall, true to form, continued on with his combined forces showing them a different way there, up through Co. Wicklow and the Dublin Mountains, until they finally reached their intended destination at Dublin. While the Viking King there in Dublin entered into negotiations with Strongbow 11, which naturally involved lengthy discussions, the "Foreign Norman Galls" and their followers stormed the walls and were to eventually secure Dublin for themselves anyway.

September 21st: As the Cambro - Normans under Strongbow 11 had now secured Dublin, this meant that they held the vital Viking coastal towns of Dublin, Waterford and Wexford along the eastern coast of Southern Leinster and the Munster Province, and from out of these towns they were able to "invade" further inland into the Gaelic Milesian Irish kingdoms of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - east of Southern Leinster and Meath / Midhe in the south of Northern Leinster and feeling now well and truly in control of the overall situation 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall went after his nemesis, the "aged" 113.Tiernan O Rourke from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of West Breifne in Northern Connacht who was then also forced to "submit" to him. Because of 113.Darmait Mac Murrough na Gall's betrayal of his Gaelic kinsmen, *115.Rory O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 183rd King of Ireland now "executed" 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's young son and Taniste / heir, 114.Conor Mac Murrough, who he had held as a hostage for the good conduct of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall who once again had shown scant regard for anyone else, including his own son. With Winter coming on in Ireland all of the action now came to a "halt," and the Anglo - Normans pulled back to Southern Leinster, with the Irish Gaelic Septs still not "aware" that this was a massive permanent Invasion that was now occurring that would also involve Henry 11 personally.          

     Henry 11 the Anglo - Norman English King by now also was becoming more "alarmed" at the success of Strongbow 11 in Ireland, who had also previously been an "ally" to his estranged predecessor, King Stephen in England during the English Civil War there, and he placed an "embargo" on all shipping to Ireland, which was ignored anyway, so Henry 11 then ordered all of his English subjects out of Ireland, but Strongbow 11 was to counteract and delay his fears by continuing to reassure him, by sending messages that he would hand over all of the Irish territory taken by him to Henry 11 who had good reason to be alarmed, as Strongbow 11's Norman - Welsh army had not only been reared in Wales, but they still only spoke French and had "little loyalty" to Henry 11. Because of Strongbow's "success" his men had actually wanted him to take over Ireland for "himself," but he was just too frightened of the repercussions from Henry II.

     Although *115.Rory O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 183rd King of Ireland had sought to throw Strongbow 11 out of Ireland, but he was to be "defeated" by their superior armour and long range weapons, especially the bows and arrows, near the River Liffey in Dublin in Southern Leinster and Strongbow 11 was then to pretend to "accept" *115.Rory O Connor as the 183rd King of Ireland and they were to reach an "agreement" that *115.Rory O Connor was to control the Irish Septs and Strongbow 11 the Cambro - Normans, while Strongbow 11 claimed the whole of Southern Leinster back for 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall and gained overall control of the stronghold there in Co. Wexford. Meanwhile, Raymond Le Gros Fitz Gerald, his brother - in - law, had captured Limerick in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province, but had to hand it back to his new found "relation" and their "ally," 110.Donnell Mor O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Cashel / Munster who was also 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's "ally" and son - in - law.      

     Among the Cambro - Normans, Maurice Fitz Gerald (Gherardini) was cut from a different cloth being of Welsh - Italian descent from Walter Fitz Other the keeper at Windsor who was a descendant of Gerald Fitz Walter the Constable of Pembroke Castle in Wales and Nesta the daughter of Gruffyd of Tudor Maur the Celtic Prince of Wales, and Walnyus (the welsh man), was to become the male line ancestor of the Walshes of Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province. De la Poer / Le Pouvre  -  (the Poor One), another Cambro - Norman Baron, whose family was later to also anglicize their name to Power, was to take over 26,000 acres in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster, the future territory of the "ferocious" Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Ui Faelain O Byrnes and their kinsmen the Ui Muireadhaigh O Tooles. (In later Centuries this vast "Estate" was to also come into the hands of the English Talbots under Henry VIII, then Lord Powerscourt the English Earl of Rosse under James 1st). The Welsh Rices / ap Rhys / Rees were to eventually settle into Dingle in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province, from where the Anglo - Norman Fitz Geralds were to physically oust the Mac Carthys the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Kings of Southern Munster / Desmond.

     The Norman "Foreign Galls" and 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall had previously besieged and taken the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of West Breifne in Northern Connacht from *115.Rory O Connor the 183rd King of Ireland's ally and kinsman, the "aged" 113.Tiernain O Rourke, and also the O Melaghlin's / Mac Loughlin Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain kingdom of Meath / Midhe in the south of Northern Leinster where they had come up against the resistance of the Gaelic Milesian Irish Septs there who were still subject to the Celtic practise of "hand to hand" fighting, of one on one, who were no match against there armour and their long range weapons. As Celtic Gaelic Irish Fines / Septs they had still considered that this present type of long range fighting went "against" the Celtic principals of proper conduct required for combat, and they would have to change their ideas if they were going to have any chance of surviving from now on.             

       Maurice Fitz Gerald the Cambro - Norman Marcher Baron began to build Maynooth Castle in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, against the Gaelic Irish Septs there, while Adam Fitz Hereford, another of the Cambro Norman Barons, who also arrived with Strongbow 11, began the construction of another castle on the north shore there on the River Liffey at Leixlip against the Irish Septs there, but in a show of resistance to the "Foreign Cambro Normans" and their continual take over of their Celtic Gaelic territory in nearby Southern Leinster, 111.Conor O Brian who was now the Heberian Dal gCais Prince / Tanaiste of  Northern Munster / Thomond also constructed a castle at Cahir on the River Suir in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province against the Cambro Norman advances there.

       Larkin / Lorcan O Ahern who was descended from 105.Eachtigern, one of the original older pre - deceased brothers of *105.Brian Boru the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough 175th High King of Ireland the direct male line ancestor of the Ui mBriain Sept, was slain this year by the sons of Mac Namara from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Sept who acted as the Lord Marshalls for 110.Donnell Mor O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Cashel / Munster and the leading Ui mBriain O Brian Sept.               

     The Mac Giolla Mo - Cholmoc / Cholmac Fine from the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Ui Dunchada Sept, descended by now originally from 103.Dunchad the previous 15th King of Leinster, who in turn was descended  from 99.Faelan mac Colman the 10th King of Leinster in the 7th Century AD, had decided to survive by siding with the "Foreign Cambro - Normans after the battle in nearby Dublin, and they were to eventually take up and Normanize their name also as Fitz Dermot (Descended from a son of Diarmait Mheic Giolla Mo - Cholmoc.). 

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