1261 - 1270 AD
1261 AD Fitz Gerald the Norman English Baron took a great English force into the kingdom of Desmond / Southern Munster and attacked the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Mac Carthys there who were under the leadership of Fingen Mac Carthy, the son of Donnell Mac Carthy, and they went into battle at Callain near Toreen Cormick / Tuair Cormaic in the Mac Carthy's territory in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province with no real result as the Mac Carthys were able to drive them off this time, but they were later to return to attack the Mac Carthys again, and John Fitz Gerald, the son of Thomas Fitz Gerald, and his son, Maurice Fitz Gerald were killed along with 15 Norman English knights and 8 Anglo - Norman Barons, along with many of their English Galls, including the Barry / de Barrach Mor the English Baron. Later on Fingen Mac Carthy would also be killed by the English Galls, and his brother, ? Mac Carthy who was an ex cleric was to become the new Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil King of Southern Munster / Desmond.
Brian Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais King of Northern Munster / Thomond burnt and scattered the Castle Conall / Caislean Ui Chonaing in Co. Limerick, that had been previously the stronghold of the Irish Sept of the Heberian Dal gCais O Gunnings / Ui Conaing who had been the Chiefs of Aos Greine and Crioch Saingil and they were able to kill all of the English Galls / foreigners who were garrisoned there who were carrying out attacks against the Irish Septs in throughout that region.
Art O Rourke, the son of Cathal Riabach O Rourke, was now able to escape from the clutchers of 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor, and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne Chiefs of West Breifne and the Gaelic Milesian Irian Chiefs of Conmaicne under the Irish Brehon Law elected him the new King of West Breifne in the Connacht Province, and his followers in the kingdom of West Breifne then burnt 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg Connor's stronghold at Snamh Muireadhaigh / Inredaig and also the stronghold of his father'116. Felim O Connor's the "unofficial" 61st King of Connacht's at Cloonsallan, and in retaliation 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor raided the O Rourke's territory of 'West Breifne to Drumlane, where he was to be defeated and many of his follower killed. 117.Aed O Connor's son was also given in fosterage by Art O Rourke.
Mac Feorais / de Bermingham, the Anglo - Norman English Baron, killed Cathal O Hara and 5 of the aristocratic warriors from their Heberian Cianacht kingdom of Leyney in Co. Sligo in the Connacht Province, in the church of St. Feichin at Ballysadare, and Donnell O Hara, then besieged the territory there held by the de Bermingham English Galls killing Sefin Mac Feorais with the bell that Sefin had stolen from the church, in retribution, while the helmet that he had stolen from the church at Ballysadare was still on his head.
as w262 AD The Gaelic Septs in Ireland where by now at a total loss as to what to do next in regard to the constant harrassment by the English Galls as with *116. Brian Catha Duinn O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 184th King of Ireland now gone from the scene the Gaelic Irish Kings had no one left of that stature to replace him, and those who had not yet submitted to the English Galls in total desperation, now offered the Kingship of Ireland to Haaken the Sea King of Norway if he would expel the English Galls, but he too was to die the next year before he could be able to assist them.
The English Galls besieged 116.Felim mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor the "unofficial" 61st King of Connacht and his son, 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor with a large English force in their territory in the Connacht Province, so they were to drive their vast herds of cattle up into Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province to the protection of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill, while the O Connors themselves remained at Inis Samhair / Ballyshannon near Loch Erne in anticipation of another ongoing conflict with the English Galls. Mac William de Burgh / Burke the Norman English Baron, then came from the west with another great force of his English Galls to Elphin, and Richard de la Rochelle the Anglo Norman Baron, who was now the English Justicar in Ireland, came from the east, and John de Verdun another of the Norman English Barons came from out of Athlone in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster into the east of Co. Roscommon in Connacht. The combined English Gall forces besieged the O Hanleys from the Cenel Dobtha and plundered throughout the the region of everything in site and also went about marking out an English castle site in Roscommon itself to to attack the Irish Septs there. In retaliation 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor and his followers plundered the English Gall held territory in West Connacht from Co. Mayo to Sliab Luga, burning the English settlement towns and their crops also, while killing many of them in that region, and he then took his Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Chiefs and their followers into Southern Connacht and plundered the confiscated territories there that were now also held by the English Galls, from Tuam to Athlone, killing any of the English Galls that they came across along the way. The remaining English Galls who were still there there were now in a panic, and once again they called on the O Connors for peace, and 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor met them at Derryquirk and another unstable peace then occurred in Connacht. Meanwhile the English Galls who were set up in the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain kingdom of the O Melaghlins / O Loughlins in Midhe / Meath raided the territory to the north in the kingdom of Gill na Naimh - (Devotee of the Saints) O Farrell / Ua Fearghail the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Annaly in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster, who they physically deposed, and put in another "puppet" - with opposition who was a son of Murrough / Murchad Carrach O Farrell. Undeterred by this Gilla na Naimh O Farrell then continued to carry out intermittent guerrilla raids against the English Galls who were set up in their confiscated Estates there, killing many of them, and until he was able to win back his previous position as the King of Annaly.
Mac William de Burgh / Burke the Norman English Baron and the English Galls invaded the Heberian Eoghanacht Mac Carthy's territory and their kingdom of Desmond / Southern Munster again, reaching Mangarton, where Gerald Roche one of the Norman English Barons was killed by Mac Carthy, but Cormac Mac Carthy, the son of Donnell Got Mac Carthy was also killed, as were many others on both sides.
Donnell O Monaghan / Ua Mannachain who had his territory in the east of Co. Roscommon in the Connacht Province was killed by the sons of Rory O Connor and Teague / Tadhg O Connor.
Mael Patraic O Scannell / Ua Scannail the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh arrived back into Ireland.
1263 AD Mac William de Burgh / Burke the Norman English Baron attacked 116.Felim mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor the "unofficial" 61st King of Connacht again in his kingdom in the Connacht Province, and all of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray O Connor Septs fled into the north of Connacht to escape the English Gall's onslaught and along the way Donough O Flynn / Ua Flainn and his son, Teague / Tadhg O Flynn were to run head on into one of the English Gall forces and were still able to kill 100 of them, including 5 of the sons of Cu O Connor who had joined in with them, and they then left the region once again. Mac William de Burgh also constructed an English castle this year at Ath in Gail in Corann against the Irish Septs there.
Andiles Mac Finnabair the Chief of the Muintir Geradhain, who had his territory at Mountergeran to the west of Loch Gowna in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster, died this year.
Donnell Mor - the Greater O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King killed Donn Breslin / Ua Breaslain the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Ui Enda Chief, who was from one of the main Irish Brehon families in the north - west of Ireland, at the Bishop's palace at Raphoe in Co. Donegal in the Ulster Province.
1264 AD Art O Maelsechlainn / O Melaghlin / O Loughlin from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain Sept in a final outstanding effort carried out a great attack against the English Galls who had continually continued to take over their territory and kingdom in Midhe / Meath in the south of Northern Leinster killing many of them near Brosnach, along with many more who among them were drowned as they fled and he also burnt all of the surrounding English Gall settlements in Delbna, Brawnie and Calry, while driving them out from there, and also took hostages from all of the Irish Chieftains throughout the area to gain their obedience, while also burning the region around Loch Luatha.
The Delbna Bethra in the south - west of the kingdom of Midhe / Meath besieged the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Siol nAnmchada Sept killing 5 sons of O Madden / Ua Madadhain who had their territory in the south - east of the Connacht Province.
Murtough O Hart / Muirchertach Ua hAirt, the son of Donnell O Hart, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Sept who were one of the "4 Tribes of Tara" who had their territory in the kingdom of Midhe / Meath, was killed, and his people burnt by Donn Maguire / Mag Uidhir the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Chief of the kingdom of nearby Orghialla in Southern Ulster and Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.
The first Norman English Parliament was held in Ireland, and Walter de Burgh / Burke was officially appointed by them to be the English Earl of Ulster whose particular de Burgh male line was to last until 1333 AD, and as the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill O Nialls now had no one single outstanding leader in the Ulster Province he was to set up another "puppet" there in the north - east of the Ulster Province in the form of 114.Aed Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall who was neverttheless from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept who was to become the direct male line ancestor of the Clann na Bhuidhe / Clannaboy, to take the place of the previous deceased supreme overall leader in Ireland, who the English had killed and beheaded *116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall the 184th King of Ireland and Cenel nEogain "northern" Ui Niaill King of Ulster, who had previously been elected "officially" under the Brehon Law.
A meeting was held at Athlone in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster between the English Galls and the Gaelic Irish Septs, including Richard de la Rochelle the English Justicar in Ireland and Walter de Burgho / Burke (whose families are now better known as Mac William), the son of Richard de Burgh, and Fitz Gerald / Mac Gerailt and many other main English Galls in Ireland, and 116.Felim mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor the "unofficial" 61st King of Connacht and his son, 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor, and on seeing the O Connors' great following now the English Galls sued once again for peace. Despite this the nefarious Mac William de Burgh / Burke and Fitz Gerald / Mac Gerailt were to continue to fight each other in their never ending greed for more and more territory in Ireland and therefore lost any chance of creating stability and they only continued to bring further ruin on Ireland and cost hundreds or thousands of human lives in the process. Mac William de Burgh was to eventually win out and take over all of the Fitz Gerald castles also in the Connacht Province while burning his manors there also, and plundering his followers, and also took over the castles at Loch Mask and Ardrahan. One of the consequences of their ongoing troubles was to see Seoan Gogan and Teboit Butler who were also both Norman English Barons taken prisoner by Maurice Fitz Gerald while they were in a church.
December:
Maurice Fitz Maurice
the Norman English Baron, also took
Richard de la Rochelle the
newly English Justiciar
in Ireland
prisoner, along with many other English Gall Barons in his castle at
Lea, and the remaining
Geraldine / Fitz Gerald manors in the
Connacht Province
were also to be now constantly under attack by the forces of the
Norman English de Burghs, and
this was to see
Civil War breaking out amongst the
English Galls
in
Ireland with
many of the tenants on their now vast confiscated Estates dispossessed of their land during their
ongoing greedy
conflicts.
1265 AD The Norman English Geraldines / Fitz Geralds finally reached a truce with the other English Gall Barons, but later on Walter de Burgh / Fitz William the English Earl of Ulster was also seized and held prisoner for months in Lea Castle, causing even greater turmoil to break out in Ireland, and John Fitz Thomas the Anglo - Norman Baron was also on the rampage with O Connor in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, while the "ferocious" Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge O Byrnes, O Tooles, and Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Mac Murroughs in the Wicklow Mountains, who had been previously settled down, besieged the English Galls all around their particular region also.The Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray Ui Conchobhair O Connors were also by now once again well and truly on the attack in their territory in the Connacht Province, and later on in the kingdom of Thomond / Northern Munster the Geraldines / Fitz Geralds were to support the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians against the English forces there, who were then also by then to be backed up by Walter de Burgh the Norman English Baron,
116. Felim mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor, the "unofficial" 61st King of Connacht, died, who was the son of Mor Muman (Domhnall Ui Briuin) who had died in 1218 AD and 115.Cathal Crobhdhearg O Connor the previous "unofficial" 59th King of Connacht the illegitimate half - brother to *115.Rory O Connor who had been the 183rd King of Ireland, and his remains were interred in the monastery of the Preaching Friars at Roscommon in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province, which he had previously given over to that particular Order. 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor, his son, became the new "unofficial" Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray 63nd King of Connacht, and began to express his new found authority in Connacht now in his own right by attacking the English Gall forces in his territory head on, and to this end he destroyed the English Gall's Sligo Castle in Co. Sligo in the north - west of Connacht and the castles of Bannade, and the Raith Aithe Craibe monastery at Ballintober was also burnt at this time. 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor then also raided the territory of the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Failge Sept in Co. Offaly in Southern Leinster doing great damage and on returning to Athlone he also blinded Cathal O Connor, the son of Teague / Tadhg O Connor, to ensure his own continuing authority, who died shortly thereafter.
Murtough O Mulrooney / Muirchertach Ua Mail Ruanaid (Mac Dermot Sept) who was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc, who had their territory and kingdom in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province also, died this year, as did Gilla na Naimh - (Devotee of the Saints) O Conn / Ua Cuinn the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of the Muintir Giollagain, Cathal Mag Rannal / Reynolds / Mheic Ragnaill the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of the Muintir Eolais in Connacht, and Murray O Carroll / Muireadhach Ua Cerbaill the King of Calry in Connacht.
1266 AD 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor who was now the "unofficial" 63rd King of Connacht divided up the territories of his Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai kinsmen, Diarmait Ruad - of Red Complexion Mac Dermot / Mac Diarmada and Donn Mac Gettigan / Mag Eiteagain, and also deposed Art O Rourke the King of West Breifne and put in Conor Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Rourke, the son of Auliffe / Amlaib O Rourke, and took hostages from all of the Chiefs of Breifne to ensure their continued loyalty. Ballintogher township was also burnt by Flann Ruadh O Flynn / Ua Flainn who was able to kill many of the English Galls who were set up there on their confiscated Estates, and their castles were burnt in the kingdom of Tireragh along with their crops while he was endeavouring to drive them out of the Connacht Province altogether. Many of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sil Murray O Connors' followers who were led by Lochlann O Connor also besieged the Welsh Galls, who had come up from the Leinster Province and set up their confiscated Estates in the west of the Connacht Province and 31 of them were killed, while Conall Mac Dermot / Mheic Diarmada was also among those killed. Murrough Mac Sweeney / Murchad Mheic Suibhne, the son of Mael Muire an Sparan Mac Sweeney, from whom all of the aristocratic Mac Sweeney gallowglass / mercenaries descend, was captured by Donnell O Connor and handed over to Walter de Burgh / Burke who was now the English Earl of Ulster and he was to subsequently die while in prison. Drumcliff / Droim Cliabh (The Ridge of Baskets) situated at the mouth of the Drumcliff River, where it flows into Drumcliff Bay in Co. Sligo in the north - west of Connacht, was also burnt along with all of its churches and the English Galls who were set up on their confiscated Estates in the west of Connacht also raided Carbury and plundered Ballysadare / Baile Easa Dara (The Town of the Waterfall of the Oak) situated on the Owenmore River that flows into Ballysadare Bay, which was also in Co. Sligo. Mac William de Burgh / Burke English Baron also raided the O Connors again in Connacht, and also plundered the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine territory of Tir Maine in the south - east of Connacht, and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Clann Uatach and Donough O Connor, the son of Rory O Connor, the son of Aed O Connor was then also killed by the English Galls. 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor the "unofficial" 63rd King of Connacht became desperately ill at this time, but he was eventually able to recover to continue to fight another day. Mac William de Burgh / Burke the Norman English Baron also took a great English Gall force and attacked O Maelsechlainn / O Melaghlin / O Loughlins in his Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niall Clann Cholmain kingdom of Meath / Midhe in the south of Northern Leinster, but along the way many of the English Galls accompaning him were drowned at Ath Crochada so he had to turn back.
Mahon O Kieran / Kerin / Kearns / Mathgamain Au Ceirin the Heberian Cianacht Ciarraige King was killed by the English Galls in the Connacht Province and Ballysadare and Carbry / Drumcliff was also besieged by them with Tiaquin Castle destroyed, and the Gaelic MIlesian Irian kingdom of Conmaicne was laid waste in the Connacht Province.
Donnell O Hara / Ua hEaghra who was now the Heberian Cianacht King of Leyney with his territory in Co. Sligo in the Connacht Province was killed while burning Ardnaree, which was now under the total control of the English Galls.
Mahon O Collins / Ua Cuileann the Heberian King of Claenglas / Claonghas, was killed this year in the Ui Conall Gabhra territory in Upper Connello south - east of Abbeyfeale in Southern Munster.
Hugo Mac Costello / Mheic Goisdealbh, the Norman English Baron, died this year.
Hore Abbey was built at the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province for the Cistercian monks who were set up at Mellifont in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, and a Cathedral was constructed there also.
1267 / 68 AD 113.Brian Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Brian, the other son of 112.Conor na Suidane O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond, who was the brother of the recently deceased 113.Teague / Tadhg O Brian, wiped out the English Gall's garrison at Castle Connell in the City of Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province, and 112.Conor na Suidane O Brian decided it was now time to assert his overall authority in the whole of Co. Clare, but he met resistance from the Heberian Dal gCais O Deas, the Heberian Eoghanacht O Hehirs, the Gaelic MIlesian Irian O Connors, especially Conor Carach O Lochlainn who had his territory at the Burren, who rallied many of the other Gaelic Irish Chiefs and came up against him at the wood of Suidane / Suibhdaineach in Drumcreehy to the north - west of the Burren. 112.Conor na Suidane O Brian was defeated and killed there in the battle along with his other son, 113.Seoin O Brian, his daughter and her son by Rory O Grady / Ua Grada, Dubh Lochlann O Lochlainn, Thomas Bolland / Ua Beollain and many other men and women among them by Diarmait O Brian, the son of Murtough O Brian, who was then also killed himself. The Dal gCais Septs interred 112.Conor na Suidane O Brian's remains in the Cistercian Corcomroe Abbey Church, to the east of the Burren, that had been constructed there by his grandfather 110.Donnell Mor O Brian, and where his memory is commemorated there in a stone effigy. 113.Teague O Brian left behind 2 sons of his own, 114.Donough O Brian, and 114.Turlough O Brian who although he was a minor, succeeded to the title of "The O Brian." 113.Brian Ruadh O Brian, who had been his father’s brother, was upset at this decision to put in a minor, and instead he proclaimed himself the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Turlough Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond - without opposition and he was to rule Thomond for the next 9 years until his nephew the young 114.Turlough O Brian came of age.
114. Turlough O Brian when he came of age, along with his kinsman,
Mac Namara,
who was the Lord Marshall for the
Heberian
Dal gCais Ui mBriain Sept, and his fosterers
the O Deas were then to besiege his uncle,
113.Brian Ruadh O Brian, who
was to then gather up his family
and all of his property and migrate across the River Shannon to the east into the north of Co. Tipperary
in the north - east of the
Munster Province to escape
from any further retribution, and now in desperation,
113.Brian Ruadh
O Brian, and his son,
114.Donough O Brian, then went down to Co. Cork
in Southern Munster to seek help. Once there they
persuaded Thomas de Clare, the Norman English Baron,
(who was a son of
the English Earl of Gloucester) who was also the head of all the Norman
English forces in
the
Munster Province, to assist him to gain back his previous position in
Thomond, offering him all of the land
between Limerick City and the town of Ardsallas in Co. Clare. They
combined their forces at Limerick and marched back across the River Shannon into Co. Clare,
but when they arrived to lay siege to his nephew the young 114.Turlough
O Brian,
they found that he was away from
Thomond,
and Thomas de Clare
1268
AD
The English Galls attacked 117.Aed mac Cathail Crobhdhearg O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai "unofficial" 63rd King of Connacht, again, at Athlone on the River Shannon in the Connacht Province and once again he defeated them at Faes, where he was alsom able to kill many more of the English Galls.
Lochlann O Connor, the son of Diarmait O Connor, was killed by David Aulb, and members of the Ui Chinaetha Sept, who had their territory in the region of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Siol nAnmchada in the Barony of Longford in Co. Galway in the south - west of the Connacht Province and nearby in the parish of Lusmagh in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster, who were then killed themselves.
Fergal O Molloy / Ua Mael Muad the Fir Cell King was killed this year by the English Galls, and also Maelsechlainn Mac Coughlan / Mheic Cochlain from the Heberian Dal gCais Sept who was from the Banagher - Clonmacnoise region of their kingdom of Delvin Mac Coughlan in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster.
Dubgall Mac Sorley / Mheic Somhairle, the son of Rory Mac Somhairle, the King of Argyll, died this year, as did Donnell O Grady the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Chief of the Cenel Donghaile who had their territory in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province.
Auliffe O Farrell / Amlaib Ua Fearghail from the Gaelic Milesian Irian kingdom of Annerley in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster was killed by the English Galls.
Manus Mac Geraghty / Magnus Mheic Oireachtaig the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Clann Tomaltaig / Tomalty Chief, who had their territory in the Connacht Province, died this year.
Conor 11 O Kelly / Conchobar
Ua Cellaig who was
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui
Maine King who had their territory in
the east of Co. Galway and and in the east of Co. Roscommon
in the east of the Connacht Province,
also died this year.
St. Patrick's
Church in
Dublin in the north - east of
Southern Leinster, was rebuilt this year, as a
Cathedral.
The
O Malleys
from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ui Maille
Sept who were the Chiefs
of the Isles in Co. Mayo
in the far west of the Connacht Province submitted to
Walter de Burgh the English
Earl
of Ulster, as did the
other Gaelic Irish Kings
in the
Connacht Province, except for the territory along the River
Shannon held by the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
O Connors,
1269 AD
Robert de Ulford
the new Norman English Justicar in Ireland arrived and constructed the
gigantic
Roscommon Castle
on the Tulsk Road
in Co.
Roscommon in the east of the
Connacht Province, while 117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor
the "unofficial" 63rd King of Connacht was ill at the time, but it would later on come under the control of the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai O Connor
Kings of Connacht
for
200 years, and the expansive ruins of
this magnificent castle are still there
to be seen.
Walter de Burg the Anglo Norman Baron who was previously the English Justicar in Ireland built a Dominican friary at Lorrha in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, (were St. Patrick had visited during his time), to replace the monastery previously built in the 6th Century AD there by St. Ruadan and still in existence in the friary itself are the tombs of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough O Kennedys, and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Mac Egans who were their hereditary Brehon lawyers and professors of the Irish Brehon Law who were also responsible for also compiling, The Speckled Book / Leabhar Breac.
Donnell O Farrell, and his son, Aed O Farrell from the Gaelic Milesian Irian kingdom of Annerley in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster were killed by Gilla na Naimh - (Devotee of the Saints O Farrell and the English Galls.
Brian O Hara. the son of Donnell Dubh - of Dark Complexion O Hara / Ua hEaghra, was killed by the English Galls in his kingdom at Sligo in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.
117.Ben Mide, the daughter of 116.Turlough O Connor, the son of *115.Rory O Connor the deceased 183rd King of Ireland, who was the wife of Mael Muire an Sparan Mac Sweeney / Mac Suibhne of Cantire, the direct male line ancestor of all the Mac Sweeneys of Ireland, died this year.
Goffraidh Mac Gilla Patraic / Fitz Patrick, the son
of Donnell Clannach Mac
Gilla Patraic, the King of
Slieve Bloom,
in Co. Kilkenny
in Southern Leinster died this year, as did
Patricius O Scannal / Au
Scannail the Co - Arb of Patrick.
1270 AD St. Canice's Cathedral was finished by Geoffrey St. Leger the Anglo - Norman English Catholic Bishop of Ossory, (although there were other finishing dates recorded in 1280 AD and 1285 AD).
The Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Mac Sweeneys / Mheic Suibhne, who were descended originally also from *103.Niall Glun Dubh - of the Black Knee the 170th King of Ireland, by now were well established in Co. Donegal / Tir Conaill in the west of the Ulster Province, where they acted as galloglasses / mercenaries and had returned from the Alba / Scottish Highlands to also instruct the Gaelic Irish Septs in Ulster on how to improve their weapons and their fighting tactics and this was to assist the Gaelic Irish Septs in Ulster to carry out further guerrilla warfare against the English Galls all over Ireland, and instead of hand to hand or one on one they would finally begin to have a chance of getting the upper hand.
117.Aed mac Cathail
Crobhdhearg
O Connor
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sil Murray
"unofficial"
63rd King
of
Connacht,
this year defeated
the Norman English
Galls
who were still under the leadership of
Walter de Burgho / Burke the Norman Baron who was the English Earl of
Ulster, at
the
Battle of
Ath - an Kip
near Carrick on
the River Shannon,
and t
A Cathedral was also constructed this year, at Cloyne / Cluain (The Meadow) to the east of Cork Harbour in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.