RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA
1206 AD - 1210 AD
"Anglo - Norman Barons on the Rampage"
1206 AD William - the Marshall
who was now to be the "most" important Anglo -
Norman Baron in Ireland was to 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 erratic 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 still 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 confiscated 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
Clann Cholmain
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 Inauguration Site 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 onafter 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 in Normandy. 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
Clann Cholmain 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 Melaglins' / O Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain 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 allocated to the Tuites / de Tiuit who were the Anglo Norman Marcher Barons there under the control of Walter de Lacy, who now had the oversight of 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" with the erratic John
"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 conti"nue 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.