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                                                                                                                                                     1141 - 1450 AD  

1441 AD Conor Mac Donagh the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Ui Conchobar Meic Diamada Ui Ailella King, died, who had their territory in the Connacht Province,

      The Anglo - Norman Council held in Ireland wanted, the the Old English / Anglo - Irish / Aliens, who had been born in Ireland to have the same rights in England as the New English who had been born in England, and because of the previously imposed prejudice against them, it was to make them feel their actual Irish identity even more then before, which then also boosted that inward emotion that they already felt under the frontier / marches conditions of being Anglo - Irish in Ireland as opposed to actual being English.

   Corry Roe / Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Kennedy who was the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough King of North - Eastern Munster / Ormond who had their kingdom and territory in Co. Tipperary, died.

1442 AD Brian Mac Mahon the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch King of Orghialla / Oriel, died, who had his kingdom and territory in Co. Monaghan in Southern Ulster.

1443 AD Fineen Mac Gilla Patrick and Dermot Mac Gilla Patrick / Fitz Patrick, two of the sons of Mac Gilla Patrick the Heremonian Ui Connla King of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster were treacherously slain in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny at the instigation of Mac Richard Butler the Norman English Baron.

   Mulrooney O Carroll / Maolruanaidh Ua Cerbaill the Heberian Cianacht King of Ely, died, who had his kingdom and territory mainly in Co. Offaly and also in the north of Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province.

   Sheeda Mac Namara / Sioda Mheic Con Mara the Heberian Dal gCais Clann Culien Chief died, who had his territory in the east of Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province.

    The castle at Athlone was captured by Murtough O Kelly, but it was retaken by the English Galls, and James Dillon, and William Boy Dillon were killed.

    Mahon Dall O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais King of Northern Munster / Thomond was blinded accidently and because of this impediment he was to be eventually succeeded by his brother, Turlough Bog - the Soft O Brian. 

1444 AD Aed Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall the  Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Clann Aeda Bhuidhe / Clannaboye Chief who was the  son of Brian Ballach O Niaill was killed by a javelin in the territory of the Gaelic Milesian Irian Mac Guinness / Mheic Aenghusa Sept who had their kingdom there also in the north - east of the Ulster Province.

    Turlough Mac Coughlan / Mac Cochlainn the Heberian Dal gCais King of Delbna, died who had his kingdom and territory in the south - west of Northern Leinster.

    James O Kennedy was now the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough King of North - Eastern Munster / Ormond who had their territory and kingdom in Co. Tipperary

    James Butler 1V the Anglo Norman fourth English Earl of Ormonde who had his vast confiscated Estates in Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster and Sir John Talbot / Lord Furnival the officious English Governor in Ireland finally came to a mutual agreement with Talbot's son marrying Butler’s daughter, but this respite would not see the end of their internal Anglo - Norman personal conflicts in Ireland.

1445 AD William O Farrell the Gaelic Milesian Irian Chief of Annerley, died, who had his territory in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster and Donnell Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Farrell became the new Chief there.

     This year also a castle was built at Fethard / Fiodh Ard (The High Wood) in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, of which there are some ruins still there in existence, and the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Mac Carthys also constructed another castle at Carrigaphooca in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.

1446 AD Cormac Laidir - the Strong Mac Carthy, the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil King of Muskerry and now also the English appointed Baron of Blarney, rebuilt the Blarney Castle in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.

      An Augustinian Abbey was also constructed this year at Banada on the River Moy in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

     Turlough Bog - the Soft O Brian now deposed his brother, Mahon Dall - the Sightless O Brian, and he was to become the next Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond until 1459 AD, and was also a son of Brian Catha an Aenagh O Brian, and also a younger brother to Teague na Glenmoor O Brian.       

1447 AD Edward Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald the Norman fifth English Earl of Desmond / Southern Munster who also had Gaelic Irish leanings along with The O More the Gaelic Milesian Irian Chief who had his kingdom and territory in Co. Laois in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster and Mac Gilla Patrick / Fitz Patrick the Heremonian Ui Connla Chief of Ossory besieged the Butler's English Earldom of Ormond, including Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster and the adjoining Co. Tipperary in north - east of the Munster Province. This territory was now under the control of James Butler the Norman fourth English Earl of Ormond and 76 towns and 16 churches were destroyed, and many there were killed and prisoners taken, along with the cattle there and property was also regained from all of those English Galls who had been planted there in the former territories of the Gaelic Irish Septs.

    Rory O Cane / Kane, the son of Magnus O Cane, the son of Cu Muighe O Cane, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Cianacht / Keenaught, died who had his own personal kingdom and territory there in Co. Derry in the north of the Ulster Province.  

1448 AD John Oge O Hara the Heberian Cianacht Prince / Tanaiste of Leyney was killed and Cormac mac Sean was now the Heberian Cianachta King there who had their kingdom and territory at Luigni in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

     Donnell Mac Carthy Mor - the Greater the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Chief of Southern Munster / Desmond founded the Muckross / Irreelagh monastery on Loch Lein in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province for the Franciscan friars, where he was to be eventually interred, and it then became a Heberian Eoghanacht cemetery only and many of the Gaelic Irish Eoghanacht Chieftains from the Mac Carthys, the O Sullivans and the O Donoghues were to be interred there, and it also contains the remains of the 3 Co. Kerry poets Egan O Rahilly, Geoffrey O Donoghue and Owen Roe - of Red Complexion O Sullivan. (The Norman English Earls of Co. Kerry were to be interred separately at Ardfert Abbey.) In the 20th Century AD the Muckross Estate together with the Friary and 10,000 acres was to be purchased back and donated to the people of Ireland as a National Park, by Arthur Vincent who was then a successful expat from America,

    Donnell O Kennedy was now the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough King of North - Eastern Munster / Ormond who had his kingdom in Co. Tipperary. 

1449 AD Donough O Rourke was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne who had their territory in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht.

     Eogan O Reilly, the son of Seoan O Reilly, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne Muintir Reilly King, died, who had his kingdom of East Breifne in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster. 

     The Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians who had their territory in Thomond / Northern Munster and the Heremonian Ui Connla Mac Gilla Patricks / Fitz Patricks who had their territory nearby in Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, still being territory in Mogha's Half, fought many battles at Aherlow in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province. The O Brians who had held the adjoining area for over 300 years also constructed Moor Abbey, a Franciscan friary there, while the Mac Gilla Patrick / Fitz Patricks constructed a castle further north at Aghmacart in Co. Laois in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster. 

      Richard of York who was the heir - apparent to the English monarchy, was sent to Ireland to act as the English Lord Lieutenant and won respect from the Anglo - Irish / Old English gentry, and his wife gave birth to their son, Edward of York the future Edward 1V representing the "White Rose" in England, while they were in Ireland, which further strengthened their "York" ties with Ireland.

     James Butler the Norman English fourth Earl of Ormonde founded an Augustinian friary at Callan in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster where later on Brother Rice the founder of the Catholic teaching Order of the Christian Brothers was to be born.

    The Walls / de Valle / an Faltagh the previous Anglo - Irish Norman Barons who were by now also becoming "More Irish then the Irish" constructed Garraunboy Castle 2 mile south - east of Adare in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province.

      Bartholomew O Flannagan was the prior this year of the original monastery founded by St. Molaisse, where also St. Finnian had been a pupil on Devenish Island in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province.

    The Anglo - Norman Bissetts who gaelicized their name also as Mac Eoins / Mac Keowns who were previous Norman Barons constructed a Franciscan friary at Glenarm in Co. Antrim in the north - east of Ulster Province and later on in the 16th Century AD during the 6 Rebellions under the ethnic and sectarian persection of Elizabeth 1st  the then Welsh Tudor English Queen, the body of her "Greatest Fear," 125.Shane O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Chieftain, would be interred there, after his head was to be cut off, pickled and sent to Dublin to be impaled on the spikes at Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre).

1450 AD Richard of York, the "White Rose" English Lord Lieutenant in Ireland, returned to England due to the ongoing conflict between the descendants of John of Gaunt, the Lancasters represented by the "Red Rose," and the Yorks represented by the "White Rose," which was to involve both parties well and truly in the "War of the Roses."

     Robert Burnell who would be the Mayor of Dublin in 1454 AD, 1458 AD and 1461 AD in The English Pale was also created another English knight.

    Peter Butler, died, and was interred in his tomb at Jerpoint Abbey in Co. Kilkenny in the south - east of Southern Leinster.

   The O Brians from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Turlough Ui mBriain Sept had Inchiquin Castle constructed at Corofin in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province.

   mac Con mac Sioda Mac Namara the Hebeian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Lord Marshall for the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriains O Brians constructed another castle in Co. Clare.

   The O Flaherty the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Seola King founded a Dominican friary 2 mile north on the road to Ballynahinch Loch from Roundstone in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht.

   The O Donnells from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept built a Franciscan friary in their territory at Kilmacrenan, previously known as Doire Eithne (Eithne's Oak Wood) in Co. Donegal on the River Leannan on the original site of 94.St. Columba's / Columbcille's Abbey on the land previously owned by his mother, Eithne, and where he had put in his nephew, the son of Neanan in charge, and these particular ruins are still there to be seen. Doon Rock, situated 2 mile west of Kilmacrenan, was the Inauguration Place for the O Donnell Kings of Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the far - west of the Ulster Province, and to the east of there is the Holy Well of Doon, which is noted for its great healing properties.  

  

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