RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                   1201 - 1205 AD  

                                                                                                                                                                         "115.Aedh Meath O Niaill." 

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" as he was also 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 previously been installed as the 58th King of Connacht - with definite opposition, andalso  with the "assistance" of the English Galls, and had since been "deposed" under the tenets of "The Irish Brehon Law," but despite this he would re - claim the Kingship of Connacht back later on with the "assistance" once again of the English Galls under the forces of John de Courcy the Anglo - Norman Baron who had set himself up in the north of the kingdom of Ulaid in the north - east of the Ulster Province and Hugh de Lacy another of the Anglo - Norman Barons who was set up in the O Melaghlins' / O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niall Clann Cholmain 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 also 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," who was 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 apparent, along with William de Burgh the Anglo - Norman Baron and his English Galls who had their confiscated Estates from below the Connacht Province in Co. Limerick in the  mid - north - west of the Munster Province, and they overtook them and the Irish Septs from the north of the Ulster Province in  Ireland were to be "defeated" and Ua Einigh the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch King of Orghialla / Oriel and many others were to be slain in the conflict.

      115.Aedh Meith O Niall was now to be "deposed" as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel nEogain King of Aileach by the "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept themselves 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 and territory 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 Cenel Eogain internal" conflict over who now had the real authority in the Ulster Province many there were slain again. 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 Heremonian Cenel nEogain King came to their aid, but his horse was "injured" in the battle and he was also to be slain by the warriors from the Heremonian "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 north 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 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 allocated 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 Murrough 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 installed him as 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 the Connacht Province.

     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 Clann Cholmain 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 who were 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.

    The Great Connell Priory was also founded at this time for the "Augustine Order" by the Anglo - Norman English Galls at Droichead Nua in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster.

    Manus Mac Loughlin / Maghnus Mheic Lochlainn, the son of Diarmait Mac Loughlin, was slain this year by Murtough / Muirchertach O Niall who was also "slain" in the conflict himself, as the contest for the "overall authority" by these 2 Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Tuatha / Family regions in the Ulster Province continued on.

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 Duiske Abbey, a "Cistercian" Church, was constructed near Graiguenamanagh situated close to the 9th Century AD Celtic Crosses of Akylthawn and Ballyogan there in Ossory. William the Marshall was married to Isabella de Clare the heiress of Richard de Clare / Strongbow 11 and had then gained all of his vast confiscated Estates, including all of the territory previously held by Strongbow 11 himself in Southern Leinster.

      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 installed 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 of Brittany had previously been "left alone" and had continued to do his "own thing" in the north - east of the Ulster Province, even to 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 undone.

      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 "Inaugurated" on Magh Adhair their Sacred 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 inter - connected Burkes in Ireland, whose son was to be Richard de Burgh - the Red Earl of Ulster and although King John "Lackland" had given 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 Province to his son, Richard de Burgh. His confiscated 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 still in control of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmasin 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 - east" in Ulster Province 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, who had been 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 another of the Anglo - Norman Barons founded Thomastown in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster.

     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. He had not visited or resided in Ireland for 17 years, but John "Lackland" the third Norman English King had since appointed him the English Earl of Pembroke also there in Southern Leinster following on from Strongbow 11 / Richard de Clare and as the "greed" of the Anglo - Norman Barons was "unrelenting" he began "driving out" the remaining surviving Irish Septs there in the region so that he could grow more "corn" in their territories, and this led to all of the Anglo - Norman Barons wanting a similar deal from King John "Lackland."  They all began to give King John "Lackland" trouble including William - the Marshall himself who had also previously given his "allegiance" also to the King of France to hold onto his Estates there in Normandy, besides John "Lackland," who he openly "refused" to join in with to attack the King of France. 

     John "Lackland" the third Angevin Norman King of England had not only installede Hugh de Lacy as the new Anglo - Norman English Earl of Ulster, but also allocated him the territories of the Gaelic Irish Septs in the Ulster Province, and now also allocated the territory in the O Melaglins'/ O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain 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.

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