1201 - 1210 AD
1201 AD William de Burgh / Burke the Anglo - Norman Baron and the English Galls carried out attacks on the Heberian Eoghanacht kingdom of the Mac Carthy's in the west of Co. Cork in Southern Munster / Desmond where he was accompanied by his Irish allies under the leadership now of his new relation 111.Donough Cairbreach O Brian who was recognized now as "The O Brian" who was the Heberian Dal gCais Prince / Tanaiste of Thomond / Northern Munster, along with his puppet 115.Cathal Crobhdhearg - of the Wine Red Hand O Connor from the Heberian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray Ui Conchobhair Sept. 115.Cathal Crobhdhearg O Connor had been previously inaugurated as the 58th King of Connacht - with opposition and with the assistance of the English Galls, and had since been deposed under the tenets of the Irish Brehon Law, but he would re - claim the Kingship of Connacht back later on again with the assistance of the English Galls assisted then by the forces of John de Courcy the Anglo - Norman Baron in the north who had set himself up in the kingdom of Ulaid in the north - east of the Ulster Province and Hugh de Lacy the Anglo - Norman Baron who was set up in the O Melaghlins' / O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niall kingdom of Meath / Midhe in the south of Northern Leinster, who were two of the most powerful Anglo - Norman Barons still in Ireland at this time,
115.Aedh Meith O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Aileach who had his territory at Magh Itha in the Ulster Province in the north- east together with the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Sept there also who had their kingdom of Orghialla / Oriel in Southern Ulster, came to Tech Baithin of Airtech to aid 115,Cathal Crobhdhearg O Connor in his quest to gain back the Kingship of Connacht, and then went on from there to Es Dara where 117.Cathal Carrach O Connor, the son of 116.Conor Maenmaige O Connor who had been the legitimate previous 57th King of Connacht under the Brehon Law, a grandson of *115.Rory O Connor the previous 56th King of Connacht and the last 183rd King of Ireland was supported by the other aristocratic warrior leaders from the Connacht Province under the Brehon Law, as the legitimate Tanaiste / heir vapparent, along with William de Burgh the Anglo - Norman Baron and his English Galls from below Connacht in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province and they overtook them and the Ulster Irish Septs from the north of Ireland were to be defeated and Ua Einigh the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch King of Orghialla / Oriel and many others were slain in the conflict.
115.Aedh Meith O Niall was to be deposed as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn King of Aileach by the "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept, and Conor Bec - the Little Mac Loughlin was then inaugurated as the new Cenel nEogain King in his place, who was now very keen to also show his new found overall authority in the Ulster Province, and to this end he carried out a raid into Tir Ennae / The Land of 91.Enda) in the kingdom of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Ennae, in what is now part of Co. Donegal, where he took possession of a great number of their cattle, and during this "northern" Ui Niaill internal conflict over who now had the real authority in Ulster many there were also again slain. Eicnechan O Donnell / Ua Domhnaill, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept, with a fleet of ships, along with his aristocratic warriors were to travel over - land, and set up camp at Gaeth in Cairrgin, while the Mac Dermotts from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Clann Diarmata made their way to Port Rois to take on the fleet there, but the 13 opposition ships arrived on the scene and the Clann Diarmata were defeated. Conor Bec - the Little Mac Loughlin as the new Cenel nEogain King came to their aid, but his horse was wounded in the battle and he was also to be killed by the warriors from the "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept, but not before he had also slain Murray / Murrogh O Crehan / O Creaghan / Murchadh Ua Crichain the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Fiachrach Muaide King who had had his territory also in the nrth of the Connacht Province.
1201
- 1243 AD 111.Donough
Cairbreach
O Brian,
the third son of
110.Donnell
Mor
O Brian,
who was now known as
"The O Brian" the
Tanaiste
/ Prince
of
Northern Munster
/ Thomond
was now to set up his residence at Clonroad
in the town of Ennis in
Co. Clare
in the north - west of the Munster Province were he began the building of
the
Ennis Abbey, which would in the future also become a ruin under
the Centuries of English occupation to come, but is being re - constructed today
under the auspices of Dail Eireann / Irish
Assembly.
John
"Lackland" the third Angevin
Norman King of England allotted
territory in
Co. Limerick
in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province, along with the Rock of Dunamase in
Co. Laois
in the mid - north - west of Southern
Leinster, (which
had
originally been the fortress of
113.Dermot Mac
Murrogh
na Gall
-
of the Foreigners who had previously given it over
to
Strongbow 11 / Richard de Clare), to another of his cohorts
William
de Briouze /
Bruce
the
Cambro - Norman Baron who was known as the "Terror of the Welsh
Marches" as at this time de Briouze / Bruce was the most powerful Norman
Marcher Baron in
Wales, and
he also
appointed him the English Earl of Limerick,
but time would tell a different tale.
1202 AD William de Burgh / Burke the Anglo - Norman Baron with his English Galls invaded the Connacht Province again this year, once again in support of 115.Cathal Crobhdhearg O Connor, the illegitimate son of *114.Turlogh O Connor the previous 55th King of Connacht, and 173rd King of Ireland, against the rightful heir 117.Cathal Carrach O Connor, the son of 116.Conor Maenmaige O Connor, who had been elected by his Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Conchobair Sept under the Irish Brehon Law. 115.Cathal Crobhdhearg - of the Red Wine Hand O Connor was also a half - brother to his grandfather, *115.Rory O Connor who had been the 56th King of Connacht and the last 183rd King of Ireland who had died in 1198 AD, On this occassion William de Burgh successfully re - installed 115.Cathall Crobhdhearg O Connor as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin 58th King of Connacht giving the Anglo - Norman English Galls now even greater overall control there also again in Connacht.
Hugh / Hugo de Lacy the other powerful Anglo - Norman Baron who was in control of the O Melaglins' / O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster, now acting for King John "Lackland," this year constructed a castle and walls around Kells / Ceanannus Mor there in the south - east of Northern Leinster to keep the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill and the other Irish Septs still surviving there in that region at bay.
Felix O Dullany the Irish Catholic
Bishop of Ossory,
died, this year, and his body
was interred in
Jerpoint Abbey
in
Co. Kilkenny in the south - west
of
Southern Leinster, and the construction
was
also begun there on the Cathedral of St. Kenneth / St. Canice, under the auspices of
the Anglo - Norman Hugh de Rous,
who was now to be the new
Anglo - Norman Catholic Bishop of Ossory, until 1215 AD.
1204 AD
The Anglo - Norman English Galls constructed the first stone castle in
Kilkenny City in Co.
Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster
under William
- the Marshall / le Maraschell the Anglo - Norman Baron, who was now the English Earl of
Leinster, while
The territories of the Anglo - Norman Barons that were previously held in Normandy in France, were now lost by the erratic King John "Lackland" the third Angevin Norman English King, and the Norman Marcher Barons were also driven out of France and they required new territories and it seemed that Ireland was going to provide them with King John "Lackland" appointing Meiler Fitz Hugh another of the Anglo - Norman Barons as his new English Justicar in Ireland who began building the dreaded Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre), as King John "Lackland" had ordered a large castle to be built in Dublin in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster. John de Gray and Henry de Londres, two other Anglo - Norman Barons, were also appointed as 2 further English Justiciars in Ireland, who were also seeking high office in both Church and State. John de Courcy the Anglo - Norman Baron in the Ulster Province who had previously fell out with King John "Lackland" over his murder of the young Arthur had previously been left alone and had continued to do his own thing in the north - east of Ulster, even minting his own coin at Downpatrick and Carrickfergus with his own personal name on them and he was also calling himself the Prince of Ulster, and the other Anglo - Norman Barons, acting under the orders of King John "Lackland" were now endeavouring to bring him to ground.
Even though England's
ethnic
and indigenous religious oppression and land
confiscations on the
Gaelic
Irish
Septs in
Ireland was by now in full swing, from
this date onwards 7
of the
Heberian Dalcassian
Ui Turlough Ui mBriain Kings of
Northern Munster /
Thomond
/ Tuaisceart Mhumhain were still to be crowned on
Magh Adhair their Sacred Inauguration Mound at Clooney - Quin
in
Co. Clare
in the north - west of the Munster
Province up
until 1552 AD.
William Fitz - Aldhelm de Burgh / Burke, the
original Anglo - Norman Baron in Ireland,
died, who is the first actual direct male line ancestor of all of the
Burkes
in Ireland,
whose son was to be Richard de Burgh - the Red Earl of Ulster
and although King John "Lackland" had allotted him overall
control over the
Connacht Province for the
English monarchy, he had instead concentrated on the fertile plains of the Golden Vale
in
Co. Kildare in
Southern Leinster that would be known as the Barony of Clanwilliam,
leaving the control of
Connacht to his son, Richard
de Burgh.
His Estates in the Golden Vale were at Kilsheelan / Cill Siollan
/ Siollain's Church on the north bank of the River Suir that flows along
the border with Co. Waterford,
and at
Clonmel / Cluin
Mealla / Mel's Meadow on the south bank of the River Suir where he had also constructed the
Augustine Abbey at
Athassel /
Ath Assail / Asal's Ford in Co. Tipperary in
the north - east of the Munster Province
in 1193 AD, that was dedicated to
St. Edmund the martyred
King of East Anglia, and this is
where
William Fitz - Aldhelm de Burgh was
to be interred and he still remains there.
The Donnybrook Fair in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster was to be conducted from this date onwards, up until 1855 AD, when it too was also to be banned just like, "All things Irish," by the oppressive British Conservative Government authorities in the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 Acre) who were to be under the overall control of those in authority in England.
1205 AD John "Lackland" the third Norman Angevin English King now made use of Hugh / Hugo de Lacy the Anglo - Norman Baron who was in control of the kingdom of Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster to get rid of John de Courcy, when he appointed him also the new English Earl of Ulster, but despite this the strong willed John de Courcy was to hold out in his castle of Rath Dundrum in the east of the Ulster Province, until he was eventually arrested and taken captive and driven out of Ireland altogether and Hugh de Lacy then also took over in the north in the kingdom of Ulaidh.
115.Cathal Crobhdhearg
- of the Red Wine Hand O
Connor who was now once again the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai
58th King
of
Connacht,
re - installed with the
assistance of the recently
deceased William de Burgo the Anglo - Norman Baron, received an English Charter
also from John
"Lackland" the
third Norman Angevin English King to continue to hang onto
the territory in the kingdom of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Ui Conchobair
O Connor
Sept in
the
Connacht Province in the
interests of the English monarchy.
Thomas Fitz Anthony
William -
the Marshall
the Anglo
- Norman Baron, who
was the the second son
of
John Fitz Gilbert the prior
Marshal / Le Maraschell for
Henry 1st in England had
previously held vast
lands in Normandy, and had
since been appointed the English Earl of
Leinster
by
marrying
Strongbow 11's
daughter, and this year he had the Cistercian
Abbey at
Craiguena -
Managh /
Duiske on the
River Barrow
in
Co. Kilkenny /
Ossory
in the south - west of
Southern Leinster
constructed and at 212'
long it was to be the longest Cistercian
church in Ireland.
John
"Lackland"
the third Angevin Norman King of England had not only appointed
Hugh de Lacy as the new Anglo - Norman English Earl of
Ulster, but also allotted
him the territories of the
Gaelic Irish
Septs in the Ulster
Province, and now also allotted the territory in
the O Melaglins'/ O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui
Niaill kingdom of
Meath / Midhe
in the south of Northern Leinster
to his brother,
Walter de Lacy,
and Hugh de Lacy
/ de Leice the Anglo - Norman Baron as the English Earl of
Ulster now also constructed a
castle at Narrow Water /
Caol Uisce
in
Co. Down
in the south - east of the
Ulster Province
on a spur of rock that juts out into the River Newry, as a
further stronghold against the
Irish
Septs
there.
Thomas Fitz Gerald,
who was the infant son of
Maurice Fitz Gerald the
Italian - Cambrian - Anglo -
Norman Marcher Baron was rescued by their pet
ape from a fire that occurred
in their castle, and thereafter the Fitz Geralds were to carry the image of that
ape on their family crest in his honour.
1206 AD William - the Marshall who was now to be the most important Anglo -
Norman Baron in Ireland was to also finally fall out with John "Lackland" the third Angevin English King, and he was
to retreat
to Ireland were he was to remain until 1212 AD, and
where he was to be harried
there by
Meiler
Fitz Hugh on behalf of King John "Lackland" who had appointed Fitz Hugh
previously as his new English Justiciar in Ireland.
The Anglo - Norman Marcher Barons had by now, secured by force of arms, nearly all of the Irish territories in the Munster Province, and also constructed a castle in the centre of Ireland at Athlone on the River Shannon in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster against the Irish Septs throughout the region there, which was to become known as King John's Castle and it is still there to see.
Simon de Rochfort the Anglo - Norman Catholic Bishop
of Clonard
after leaving
John
"Lackland" the third Angevin Norman King of England, who
was now at loggerheads with most of the Anglo
- Norman Marcher Barons, had
Meiler
Fitz Hugh, his English Justicar in
Ireland, also physically attack
his old ally William de Briouze /
Bruce who he had
personally previously appointed the English Earl of Limerick,
and also
William - the Marshall the
English Earl of Leinster, but with their combined forces he was
to come undone and be
defeated in the conflict against them, so King John "Lackland" then had
Martin Fitz Henry
raid the various ill - gotten Anglo - Norman territories in Southern
Leinster and also their Estates in
Co. Limerick in the mid -
north west of the Munster Province to break their
personal control in those areas. (This had been brought about mainly because
King John "Lackland" had demanded
Walter de Briouze's
2
sons as his personal hostages). The original reason for this particular onslaught was that de Briouze's
wife in desperation, had also mentioned that
King John "Lackland" had
previously personally
murdered his own
nephew,
Arthur
of Brittany, who had been the rightful heir to
the English throne, while in a drunken stupor. King John
"Lackland" was
to eventually gain his revenge on the de Briouze family by starving both her and her
son to death after he first imprisoned them,
but William de Briouze was able to escape his grasp by going over to
France.
Walter de Lacy, who was now the
English appointed Earl
in
the
O Melaglins'
/ O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern"
Ui Niaill
kingdom of
Meath in the south of Northern Leinster,
acting
for King John "Lackland,"
was also
William de Briouze's
brother - in - law,
The Cahir Abbey was founded for the Augustinian Cannons Regular at Caher in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province were there also is the Motte of Knock Graffan, which may have been an ancient Crowning place originally for the Heberian Kings of Munster in Mogha's Half / Southern Ireland.
1207 AD William - the Marshall / Le Mareschal the English Earl of Pembroke and English Earl of Leinster in Ireland, began silver and lead mining at the Cistercian Tintern Abbey at Clonmines in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, while John "Lackland" the third Angevin Norman King of England was to allot him a Charter to set up the town of Kilkenny in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory, and later on after William - the Marshall's death, Southern Leinster was to be divided up between his 5 daughters, with Kilkenny being allotted to Gilbert de Clare who would then be the English Earl of Gloucester, but eventually it would then pass into the hands of the English Spencers.
Hugh / Hugo de Lacy the Anglo
- Norman Baron, who was now the English Earl of Ulster also, along with
Conor O Gara at this time was the Heberian
Cianachta Chief of Leyney in the
Connacht Province.
1208 AD William - the Marshall and Walter de Lacy
the Anglo - Norman Barons who had their confiscated Estates in both the north and
south of the
Leinster Province were also forced by King John "Lackland" to accept new charters that cut back their franchises in Ireland,
as both
were also involved with Philip 11 the King of France
while still trying to hold onto their
territories there. William de Briouze / Bruce who was formerly an intimate companion of John
"Lackland" the King of England, but was now persona non grata in his eyes, had
by now returned
to Ireland where he was given asylum by his
relative
William - the Marshall, and
he also went to
see Walter de Lacy his
son - in - law, who was now in control of the O Melaglins'
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath in the south of
Northern Leinster.
He was also promised further help by Hugh de
Lacy, his son
- in law's brother, who was by now set up in the Ulster Province
as the English Earl of Ulster
after forcibly removing John de Courcy under the
instructions of
Further construction was now to be carried out on the dreaded
Dublin Castle
(The
Devils 1/2 acre) until
1220 AD, whose epithet was to be due to its use as the means of continual
ethnic and religious
oppression
for 714 years by the
English
authorities right up until
1922 AD until they would then be finally
driven out
of 26 of the Counties,
by the Irish themselves, from the
number of
32 Counties that actually made up the whole of
Ireland,
This
year
O Moran slew
Auliffe / Amhlaibh O Rothlain the Chief of the
Caruidhe Cuile Cearnadha Sept.
1209 AD 115.Aed Meith O Niall, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King, to express his overall authority in the Ulster Province, carried out a raid into Inishowen / nish Eogain were his kinsman, "The O Donnell" / Ua Domhnaill from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill overtook him, and a battle then occurred between them and many of their "northern" Ui Niaill warriors were slain on both sides, including Donnell Mac Murrough / Domhnall Mheic Murchada from the Cenel Eogain, Fergal O Boyle / Ua Baoighill, Cathbarr O Donnell, Cormac O Donnell and David O Doherty / Ua Dochartaigh, who were to be among the many further Cenel Conaill aristocratic warriors lost on this occasion,
Hugh Rufus of Bodmin was appointed the new English Catholic Bishop of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, this year.
Another Anglo - Norman castle was constructed in the O Merlaglins' / O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath against the Irish Septs at Mullingar (The Country of the Water) in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster on Loch Lene, 8 miles to the north - east, near the Co. Meath border where the area there was confiscated and allotted to the Tuites / de Tiuit who were the Anglo Norman Marcher Barons there under the control of Walter de Lacy, who now controlled the kingdom of Meath instead of his brother for King John "Lackland."
A
massive attack was carried out by the
Gaelic Irish Septs in their territory at
Ranelagh in
Co. Dublin
in the north - east Southern Leinster
against the confiscation of their territory there, and the introduction of more
English Gall
/ foreign
planters.
1210 AD
June 20th: John "Lackland" the third Angevin Norman English King
once again landed
personally in
Ireland at Waterford on the coast of
Co. Waterford in the south - east
of the
Munster Province with a large
English military force and stayed for
9 weeks taking over the regions in
Meath
in Northern Leinster and
the
Ulster
Province, which
were then under the control of the 2
de Lacy brothers, and this forced William de Briouze,
Walter de Lacy and Hugh de Lacy to
flee from Ireland in fear of
their lives. William - the Marshal had since been reconciled withJohn
"Lackland" and
so he had accompanied him on
the campaign and because of their overall combined forces more of the main
surviving
Irish Kings were also to be
submitted.
115.Cathal
Crobhdhearg O Connor
the 58th King of
Connacht among others
was to also join
in with the English Galls / foreigners on their march to Carrickfergus Castle in the
Ulster Province, and the whole
region that was previously under the control of the Anglo - Norman Marcher Barons in Ireland was
now under the personal control of King John "Lackland." The previous English appointed Earldoms in
Co. Limerick in the mid -
north - west of the
Munster Province,
Meath
in the south of
Northern Leinster, and
in the east of the
Ulster Province
were now
further confiscated and forfeited, while
Southern
Leinster remained under
the control of
William - the Marshall,
and
Kilkenny City was now officially made part of Southern Leinster
under
English rule.
111.Donough Cairbreach O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain Tanaiste / heir apparent who was now known as "The O Brian" / Prince of Nortern Munster / Thomond was appointed the English Earl of Thomond in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, when he acknowledged John "Lackland" the English King in Ireland, and because of this he then allowed the English Galls to build 2 castles in the territory of the Heberian Dal gCais Sept, with one of these at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Munster, and the other at Killaloe in Co. Clare, which was previously the ancestral home of his Gaelic Irish ancestors, the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Ui mBriain Septs.
John
"Lackland" the third Angevin Norman English King now had further
Anglo - Norman castles
constructed in Down,
Coleraine
and
Carrickfergus in
the east of the
Ulster Province,
against the
Irish Septs there, and nearby at
Carlingford in
Co. Louth
in the north - east of Northern Leinster, and also had the
Thomond Bridge built across the
River Shannon at
Limerick in the mid - north
- west of the Munster Province,
adjoining Co. Clare,
and also constructed another King John's Castle there, and strengthened
Limerick City against the
Gaelic
Irish
Septs
there. (He had previously taken the
Lax Weir there off of the Catholic
Bishop of Limerick
and
allotted it
to
William de Briouze / de Braosa / Bruce).
He held a Council in
Dublin
in Co. Dublin in the north - east of
Southern Leinster and attempted to introduce
English Laws and
English culture into
Ireland, and wanted
the English in Ireland
to form an English Government there. He split up the
Heberian Eoghanacht
kingdom of
Des Mhumhain
/ Desmond / Southern Munster
the territory
of the
Mac Carthy
Heberian Eoghanacht
Chaisil Princes
there who were also
the provisional
Kings
of Cashel / Munster, who
were at this time once again subject to the
Heberian Dal gCais Ui
mBriain O Brians,
and made part of it into
Co. Kerry
in the south - west of
Munster.
The
Anglo
- Norman English Galls by now had a real stranglehold on the majority
of the territories and
Gaelic Irish
Septs in Ireland, with the
Fitz Geralds
/ Ghearardini
now in control of
Kildare
in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster and the eastern - side of the
Munster Province. with the
de Burghs
/ Burkes in control of the
Connacht
Province,
and the Butlers /
le Buitleir in
control of the west of
Munster.
Although William Fitz Aldhelm de Burgh
/
Burke the original Anglo - Norman
Baron had previously been granted the right to take over the
Connacht
Province also by force, by King John
"Lackland," he
had then handed it over to his son,
Richard
/ Ricarde de Burgh who was to
become the direct
male line ancestor of the Clan Ricarde in
Ireland. The original William Fitz Aldhelm de Burgh
the ancestor of the Clan William had then gone off instead to seek further greener pastures of the
rich
country in the Golden Vale at
Athassel in
Co. Tipperary in the north -
east of the Munster Province, that runs right
through to the Rock of
Cashel, the previous seat of the
Heberian
Cashel / Munster
Kings,
where he had then set up
the Barony of Clan William.
At this time the Scottish Norman Clan of Bruce / de Broiuze still had family connections in the Co. Derry area in the north - east of the Ulster Province.
Another great Anglo - Norman
castle was
also constructed this year at Athlone in
Co. Wexford in the south - west
of
Southern
Leinster
against the
Gaelic
Irish Septs
there, and
Over the next 200 years there would be continual infighting among the Irish Septs to try and gain the overall authority in Ireland to do something about providing a combined force under a single leader from one of the major Irish Septs to remove the oppression of the Anglo - Norman English, while the English Galls would continue to attempt to oppress, confiscate and rule over them, or obliterate them and their Irish Septs. They would then be basically left alone for 300 years as England was to be involved in an ongoing War with France for 100 years, and the ongoing War of the Roses would occur for another 100 years and more, and then more of Ireland would be abandoned to self - administration, although English Military forces were to be sent over on many occasions to retain oppression in Ireland, which were to be nevertheless inadequate to fully consolidate their oppressive regime, due to their being billeted on the Irish Septs, and the previous Anglo - Norman governing class would eventually be diminished in Ireland.