1316 - 1320 AD 

1316 AD May: Edward Bruce, Robert - the Bruce's brother, crowned himself the King of Ireland on a hill at Knocknemelan at Faughart near Dundalk in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, and besieged the palace of the Catholic Archbishop of Swords in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster and destroyed it and then held an Irish Parliament on the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province and the Irish Chiefs were able to take back some of their previous English confiscated territories.  

1316 AD August 10th: Art O Hara the Heberian Cianacht King in the ancient kingdom of Leyney / Luigne in Co. Mayo in the north - west of the Connacht Province was killed in the Battle of Athenry along with many of the O Haras, but despite this their close kinsmen the Heberian Cianacht O Garas were to hold onto this kingdom until they too were to be eventually driven out by the Anglo - Norman English under the Costelloes who were to also Gaelicize their name as Mac Goisdealbh, and the O Garas by then would have to settle as Cianacht Chiefs in Cuil O Flynn, in Coolavin in Co. Sligo in the north - west of Connacht in 1436 AD.

     Aed O Donnell and his Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill warriors marched south to Carbury into the Connacht Province again, reaching Castlecomer, and Rory O Connor, the son of Donnell O Connor, handed over hostages to him and also gave him control over Carbury itself and Dervorgilla / Dearbhorgaill had the galloglasses kill Rory O Connor, the son of Donnell O Connor on the moor at Tochar along with many others and Carbury was plundered while 121.Felim O Connor the "unofficial" 72nd King of Connacht gained many hostages and set out now to also banish the English Galls from out of the west of Connacht killing many of them, and also came up against an the army from Leath Moga / Mogha's Half at Meelick and also destroyed the castle there. 115.Murtough O Brian and the descendants of Brian Ruadh O Connor also submitted to him, and he chose Donough O Brian 111 the Heberian Dal gCais King of Northerrn Munster /Thomond to support him. Hearing William de Burgh / Burke the Anglo - Norman Baron had returned from Scotland he took his forces to expel him also, now with the support of Donough O Brian 111 the King of Northern Munster / Thomond, as 115.Murtogh O Brian was still dispossessed of his previous aristocraticTanaiste / heir apparent position. Along with O Melaghlin / O Loughlin / Ua Maelsechlainn the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain King of Meath, Uallgarg O Rourke the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne, O Farrell the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Conmaicne, Teague 1st O Kelly the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine King and many more Irish Septs, they all proceeded to Athenry in Co. Galway to take on the Anglo - Norman Barons William de Burgh, Mac Feorais / de Bermingham and the other English Galls who were in Connacht who they were able to defeat. 121.Felim O Connor the "unofficial" 72nd King of Connacht and heir apparent / Tanaiste to the Kingship of Ireland was still only 23 years of age when he was to be killed along with a great many others. including Teague O Kelly the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine King. who had previously reigned for 5 years until 122.Rory O Connor had taken the position from him as the "unofficial" 73rd King of Connacht for 6 months, and he had then ruled for another 6 months after that. 121.Rory na Fed O Connor, the son of 120.Donough O Connor, the son of 119.Eogan O Connor, the son of 118.Rory O Connor, now became the new "unofficial" 74th King of Connacht. Mac William de Burgh / Burke the Anglo - Norman Baron and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhach / Sil Murray O Connors made peace with 121.Rory na Fed O Connor, except for the Mac Dermots of Moylurg so he besieged their kingdom of Moylurg raiding Ath an Chip and Uachtar Tire burning and destroying the region to express his new found authority over them also. 121.Rory na Fed O Connor, the son of 120.Donough O Connor was then to be deposed by Diarmait Gall Mac Dermot, and later killed by 121.Cathal O Connor, the son of 120.Aed O Connor, the son of 119.Eogan O Connor.         

        Phelim O Connor along with Mac Feorais / de Bermingham the Anglo - Norman Baron, and the English Galls / foreigners from the west of the Connacht Province, had put together a large force and they travelled to the causeway at Moin Coinneadha where 121.Rory na Fed O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai "unofficial" 74th King of Connacht came up against them, and his followers were defeated and he was killed, and Diarmait Gall Mac Dermot was also slain who was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg / Magh Luirg who had his territory also in Connacht, and Cormac Mac Ceitherrnaigh the Heberian Eoghanacht Cianacht Ciarraige King, along with many of the Highland Scottish galloglasses / mercenaries. Due to the demise of 121.Rory na Fed O Connor, Phelim O Connor now became the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai "unofficial" 75th King of Connacht. Together with the Gaelic Princes from the kingdoms of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain of Thomond / Northern Munster, the O Melaghlins / O Loughlins from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain kingdom of Meath in Northern Leinster, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne, and the Gaelic Milesian Irian Conmaicne Septs in Connacht, they besieged William de Burgh / Burke and Richard de Bermingham / Mac Feorais, the 2  Anglo - Norman English Barons, at Athenry in Co. Galway, where Phelim O Connor the "unofficial" 75th King of Connacht and many of the other Gaelic Irish Princes were killed and Richard de Bermingham who was the Anglo - Norman English Earl of Athenry was to knight John Hussey for his gallantry in the victory over the Gaelic Irish Septs on this occasion. Once again the English Galls had used the Gaelic Irish Septs themselves to reduce their aristocratic warrior numbers and gain further advantage in Ireland over the Irish Septs..

December - Winter: Robert - the Bruce himself also came across from Scotland to assist his brother, Edward Bruce, in Ireland with another Scottish army of Norse Gaelic galloglasses from the Hebrides, and they then controlled the territory to the west of the River Shannon and the River Bann, and to the north of the Ulster Province border, and they then combined their Scottish - Irish forces and marched south, burning as they went, and kept moving on, until they eventually laid siege to Dublin in The English Pale in the north - east of Southern Leinster, but a massive English Military force then also landed in Ireland, and the Bruces and their Irish allies were then defeated and driven back to the north. The Gaelic Irish Chiefs were now divided over the ongoing conflict, as once again the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians of Northern Munster / Thomond were totally hostile to any chance of the Bruces usurping their particular Gaelic right under the Irish Brehon Law to eventually regain overall control for themselves in Ireland.

      Edward 11 the Anglo - Norman English King, took the Limerick Castle, that had been previously constructed there by his ancestor John the third Plantagenet Anglo - Norman English King, on the River Shannon in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province and held a court there for a few months. An Augustine friary was also founded there at Adare in Co. Limerick, while Irishtown, which was south of the River Abbey, was eventually to be enclosed by walls, as was Englishtown situated on the island itself. Edward 11 appointed Roger Mortimer, the English Earl of March in England, as the new English Viceroy in Ireland, and John Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald, the Anglo - Norman Baron who had his manor at Sligo in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province, was appointed the first English Earl of Kildare in Co. Kildare in Southern Central Leinster as the Geraldines had also assisted in the conquest of Connacht.

1317 AD Roger Mortimer the newly appointed English Justiciar in Ireland arrived with an English Military force of 15,000 men at Youghal in Co. Cork in Southern Munster, which was also under the control of the Fitz Geralds, where he immediately created 2 new English knights in preparation to carry out an attack on the Bruce's Scottish - Irish forces in Ireland, and together with the other Anglo - Norman English nobles held another English Council in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster were they made plans to take on Edward Bruce and his combined Scottish - Irish forces. They assembled a total force of 30,000 men along with 6 new English knights who were also created in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Munster with John de Bermingham and John Mortimer, and also a few more English knights to be invested while he was in Dublin. (The English confiscated Estates in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory, previously the territory of the Mac Gilla Padraigs / Fitz Patricks was to be eventually partitioned among 3 of Gilbert de Clare's absentee sisters). During the ensuing conflict Edward Bruce was able to capture Gowran there, which had been the early seat of the Fitz Patrick / Giolla Padraig Kings of Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster.

       At this time, 115.Donough O Brian was still the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond and Maelsechlainn Carrach Mac Dermot was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc who had his territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province.

    The Gaelic Irish Chiefs under the leadership of 117.Donnell O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill King of Tir Eogain / Tyrone / Co. Donegal in the north of the Ulster Province complained to Pope John XXII at Avignon in France about the endless English cruelties being carried out along with their cruel injustices in Ireland, and the wrongs to the Celtic Irish Catholic Church, and he especially personally complained against the violation of the previous English Pope Adrian’s right to have originally granted Henry 11 the See of Ireland. The Pope was to only intervene in regards to the exclusion of the priests attending to either the Norman English or the Gaelic Irish, but nothing else changed, except that the Pope's profile in Ireland had increased.   

     The Anglo - Irish / Old English were now known by the English authorities in Ireland as the "Middle Nation."

    The Bruce brothers decided to carry out a circuit in Ireland, as was the custom on becoming the overall King of Ireland, but Richard de Burgh the Anglo - Norman Earl of Ulster set an ambush for them there and attacked them from the rear with his archers, while in Dublin the Vikings and the English Galls there burnt the buildings outside the walls to deprive the Bruces of any chance of cover should they try and besiege them, but they were to only pass on by and went into the Munster Province instead and then returned to the Ulster Province, and as an attack was also made on Scotland at this time by the English Military forces of Edward 11 the English Norman King, Robert - the Bruce had to return there. He left his brother, Edward Bruce to keep up the fight in the north of Ireland and Edward 11 the Anglo - Norman King of England then sent a force of Genoese cross - bowmen over to Ireland to support his present extensive English Military forces and also went about trying to increase his own influence among the Anglo - Irish. 

    121.Turlough O Connor, the son of 120.Aed O Connor, the son of 119.Eogan O Connor, became the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sil Murray "unofficial" 76th King of Connacht.

    Mailer de Exeter the Anglo - Norman English Baron who was now the English Earl of Ballyrahan was killed by Cathal O Connor, the son of Donnell O Connor, at Methen in Drumcliffe in the Connacht Province along with 14 other English Galls, and the Gall's Ballymote Castle was also destroyed.

   115.Donough O Brian the previous Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond was killed.

  Gilbert Costello / Mheic Goisdealbh the Anglo - Norman English Baron was killed by a Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Prince / Tanaiste of Moylurg and also a Clann Cathail Prince / Tanaiste in the Connnacht Province.     

1317 AD - 1350 AD Brian Bane O Brian was now the heir apparent / Tanaiste / Prince of Northern Munster / Thomond under his kinsman, 115.Murtough O Brian who was now the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond.

1318 AD Mulrooney mac Dermot the Heremonian Dal Cuinn U Briuin Ai King of Moylurg, 121.Turlough O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai "unofficial" 76th King of Connacht, Ualgarg O Rourke the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne, Conor 111 O Kelly the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine King combined their forces and besieged Cathal O Connor, the son of Donnell O Connor of Fasa Choilled, and Conor 111 O Kelly the Ui Maine King was killed along with 122.Brian O Connor, the son of 121.Turlough O Connor, who was the heir apparent / Tanaiste / Prince of Connacht. Cathal O Connor then attacked the Connacht Province where he besieged Mulrooney Mac Dermot and was also now able to seize the Kingship of Connacht and assumed the position as the "unofficial" 77th King of Connacht, after deposing 121.Turlough O Connor the previous "unofficial" 76rd King of Connacht, and placed himself under the protection of William de Burgh / Burke the Anglo - Norman Baron and the English Galls in Connacht. 

      118.Seoan O Niall, the son of 117.Donnell O Niall, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain was killed by Aed O Donnell from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenell Conaill in their territory at Derry in Co. Derry in the north - of the Ulster Province who was also to be killed himself along with many others.    

         Tomalty / Tomaltach was the King of Tirerrill / Tir nAililla (The Land of 91.Ailill) in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

 May 13th: The Heberian Dal gCais Cenel Cuallachta O Dea / Ui Deadhaigh Chieftain who had his territory in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province was finally able to defeat the Anglo - Norman English Barons there in the Battle of Deaga and kill their leader, the ongoing "switching" troublemaker, Thomas de Clare, together with his son, Robert de Clare, in what turned out to be a ferocious battle near the Dysert O Dea Abbey where Thomas de Clare was killed and his body hacked to pieces, and his widow hearing of their deaths in a panic burnt down their stronghold of Bunratty Castle and fled back to England with as many valuables as she could carry This single act of defiance by one of the Heberian Dal gCais Septs was to break the English dominance in Co. Clare in the future for nearly 200 years. Thomas de Clare's Irish Heberian Dal gCais followers at this time who were the descendants of one of the sons of Brian Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Brian who he had previously cruelly torn apart with horses, also fled across the River Shannon to Ara in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, where their descendants have remained, who are known as the O Briens of Ara. Brian Bawn / Bane O Brian who was now the Prince / Tanaiste of Northerrn Munster / Thomond and his kinsman, Mahon O Brian of Inchiquin, were to retire to their territory in the east of Co. Clare, while 115.Murtough O Brian was to reign in Co. Clare as the King of Northern Munster / Thomond. The ongoing misery and terrorism that had emanated from Thomas de Clare the Anglo - Norman Baron due to his continual "switching" policies had lasted for 31 years since 1277 AD and taken many Irish lives.. 

October: The English Galls had previously built walled defences around Castledermot in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster against the Gaelic Irish Septs there.

      The Scottish - Irish forces of Edward Bruce who by now only had the support of a few followers in the Ulster Province, was finding that their Scottish supply lines were also undependable, but desite this he was now also assisted by the Anglo - Irish de Laceys, who had been previously displaced as the English Earls of Ulster, so he rode southwards out of Ulster with a 2,000 strong Scottish - Irish force again to attack the English Galls and along the way they came up against Richard de Clare who was now the new Anglo - Norman English Lord Lieutenant in Ireland for Edward 11 the Norman English King, and Edward Bruce's knights advised him to await further reinforcements. The Gaelic Irish would not join in with him in such a head on one sided battle, but suggested that they would carry out guerrilla warfare until further assistance was to arrive to support him, but desperate for immediate victory he decided instead to charge headlong into battle with his own knights at Dundalk in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, who were defeated and he was killed and his head was cut off and salted and sent over to England to Edward 11 and his headless body was buried there at Faughart in the King's Grave in the old churchyard under a large stone on the slope of the hill. Mac Rory the King of the Hebrides and Mac Donnell the King of Argyle and many of their Scottish supporters were also killed after continually having gone through 3 1/2 years of hell. As Robert 1st - the Bruce had already gone back to Scotland prior to this, the rest of the Highland Scots who were previously under Edward Bruce's command decided to do the same, except in Co. Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province where they ravaged the region forcing the Anglo - Irish there to combine with them in their own interests. 117.Donnell O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tir Eogain / Tyrone and his Gaelic Irish forces were now also driven back to his territory in Tyrone in Central Ulster. When Pope John XX111 condemned all of the supporters of the Bruces, 117.Donnell O Niall replied, "That he could cede his kingdom to whoever he wanted to," and condemned the Anglo - Norman English Galls for not dealing justly with the Gaelic Irish. 117.Donnell O Niall's  territory in Tyrone was still very wild terrain and it was to be the least effected by the ongoing oppressive Norman English rule and from now on new English Earldoms were to be created in Ireland to increase their overall hold over Ireland, and to further try and stabilise the interests of the English Galls, who had taken over further territory in Ireland, after the Bruce campaign.

     Richard Le Drede who was an Anglo -  Norman English Franciscan now became the Catholic Bishop of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster until 1360 AD.

1319 AD 117.Donnell O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone was expelled by the English Galls who were assisted by Aodh Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Prince / Tanaiste of Tyrone who would become the direct male liner ancestor of the Clann na Buidhe / Clannaboye, and also the Fir Manach Sept who carried out the raids against him with their forces who crossed over the River Bann and took over the territory in "northern" Ulaidh and divided it into the territories of North Clannaboy and South Clannaboy, but regardless of this they were to get it back later on and his son, 118.Brian O Niall was also to be killed by the Clannaboye Sept. Later on part of North Clannaboy would become Brian Carragh's Country after it was to be taken over then by Brian Carragh Mac Donnell, a Mac Donnell Chief, and south Clannaboy Barons of Ards, Castlereagh, Kinelearty and Lecale from the Bay of Dundrove to the Bay of Carrickfergus on the Belfast Loch.

    The Butlers / le buitleir the Anglo - Norman English Barons who were reared in England for an English purpose were now to also acquire further territory of the previous kingdom of the Heremonian Mac Giolla Padraigs / Fitz Patricks in Ossory the English Earldom of the Cantred of Iverk in the southern part of the territory in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster.

    John de Bermingham the Anglo - Norman English Baron was at this time the English Earl of Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

1320 AD Cathal O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sil Murray "unofficial" 77th King of Connacht and Mulrooney Mac Dermot the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin AI King of Moylurg in the Connacht Province made peace, but when he came back into Connacht, Cathal O Connor still took him prisoner.

    Mahon O Brian, the son of Donnell Conachtach O Brian, the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain heir apparent / Tanaiste of Northern Munster / Thomond was killed by the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Clann Cuilean Mac Namaras.

    The Church of St. Nicholas Collegiate was founded in Lombard Street in the town of Galway in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht where Christopher Columbus would hear Mass there on the way to America, and it too later on was to be taken over by the Ascendancy Church of Ireland / England during the confiscation of the Catholic Church Institutions and lands by Henry V111, and is still used by them.

   St. Nicholas of Myra was to be born this year in Lynch's Castle in Abbeygate Street in Galway in the south - east of the Connacht Province..

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