1471 - 1480 AD
1471 AD
Henry V1 who was mentally unstable
was back in as the "last" Anglo - Norman usurper Lancaster English King, and the new Lancaster English Government
confirmed Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman seventh English Earl of
Kildare
as
their new English Deputy in Ireland.
James Fitz Gerald the young Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Desmond
Mac William Burke the Anglo - Norman English Baron who had
his confiscated Estates in the
Connacht
Province took hostages there from Carbury.
O Brian was taken prisoner in
Co. Clare.
The O Niall and
The O Donnell made peace after it
was instigated by The O Niall, and the son of
O Niall Bhuidhe
Ma
James Fitz Gerald
the young Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of
Desmond was released by the
Heberian Chaisil
Mac Carthys and he reduced Gerald Fitz Gerald
1473 AD O Gilla Patraic / Fitz Patrick the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny took O More from the Gaelic Milesian Irian Ui Mordha Sept, who had his kingdom and territory in Co. Laois in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster, prisoner.
Thomas Mac Feorais / de Bermingham the Anglo 0 Norman English Lord of Athenry, died. and was succeeded by his son, Thomas Og - the Younger Mac Feorais, but instead his title was given to the son of Richard Mac Feorais in opposition to him.
Richard Mac William Burke, the Anglo - Norman English Baron, died, who had previously resigned his position.
Fire caused by lightning destroyed part of
Galway City in
Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, and it was
then to be rebuilt with a
Spanish influence.
1474 AD
Aed
Ruadh - of Red Complexion
O Donnell / The O Donnell
and his wife, Finola /
Finnguala
/ Fionnuala, the
daughter of
Conor O Brian the
Heberian Dal gCais
King of
Southern Munster / Thomond, founded a
monastery
/ friary at
Donegal
in their kingdom and territory of Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the north
- west of the
Ulster Province where they were both to be later
interred with their son,
Aed
Oge - the Younger
O Donnell who would
by then be a
Franciscan monk.
The
Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland at this time was known as the
Fraternity of St.
George, and were led by 12
of the most
important English Galls in The English Pale with Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz
Gerald the seventh English Earl of Kildare now in control who had 40
cavalry and
120 permanent archers to protect him, while
Sir
Gilbert Dagenham who was to
also return
from England to
Ireland with
400 more English archers acted as the
Chancellor in
Ireland after having being appointed by
Edward 1V the reinstated Yorkist English King
and
There was gr
The O Niall from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain and The O Donnell from the Heremopnian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel Conaill were still in conflict over the overall authority in the Ulster Province, along with the Cenel nEogain Clan na Bhuidhe / Clanaboye, resulting once again in heavy losses on all sides.
Sean O Farrell was now the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Annaly who had his kingdom and territory in Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster.
1475 AD Aed O Niall was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Ulster in the north.
Redmond / Remann
Mac Mahon
was now the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch King
of Orghialla / Airghialla (Oriel) who had their
kingdom and territory in
Co. Monaghan
and
Co. Armagh in Southern Ulster.
The O Malley
from the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Sept constructed the Augustine
friary of Murrisk Abbey at Murrisk
in his kingdom and territory in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the
Connacht Province on the shore of
Clew Bay and it is now in ruins, with
some restoration, and there is also a tomb of the
O Malleys
there.
April: Edward 1V the
first Anglo - Norman Yorkist King of England sent over another
220 English archers to
Ireland to reinforce their Military hold over Ireland,
and once again removed the Fitz Gerald influence, by replacing
Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald the Aglo - Norman seventh English Earl of
Kildare as his Deputy, and appointed the Fitz Gerald's sworn enemy,
Sherwood the English
Catholic
Bishop of Meath,
to stand in for the Duke of Clarence his brother who would be his future
English Lieutenant in Ireland, who would
also be executed
later on.
1476 AD
Teague
/ Tadhg
O Rourke
was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Breifne
King of West Breifne
in Co. Leitrim in the north -
west of the
Connacht Province.
Donnell
Riabach - of Grey or Speckled Complexion
Mac Murrough, the son of
Gerailt Caomhanach / Cavanagh Mac
Murrough the
Heremonian Cu Corb
Ui Cheinnselaig
King
of
Leinster,
died this year.
The Barry Oges / de Barri who were Anglo - Norman English Earls, constructed Dunaneir Castle at Innis Shannon in Co. Cork in Southern Munster against the Gaelic Irish Septs there this year and the ruins are still there to be seen.
The English Galls who had their confiscated Estates in the O Melaghlins / Mac Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain kingdom of Meath in the south of Northern Leinster attacked Sean O Farrell the Gaelic Milesian Irian King of Annaly who had his territory nearby to the north - west in Co. Longford in Northern Leinster where they destroyed Rathreagh and burnt the monastery at Shrule, and the crops there, and then left the area,
The English Galls in the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath were once again at war also with their fellow English Galls who had their confiscated Estates in Southern Leinster.
Cormac Mac Carthy, the son of Donough Mac Carthy, was taken prisoner by Cormac, the son of Teague of Muskerry and the resulting ongoing conflicts now spread throughout the Munster Province and into the south of Ireland destroying both the English Galls and the Gaelic Irish Septs who got in the way and Gerald Fitz Gerald, the son of the Anglo - Norman English Earl of Desmond was killed, and later still another 18 of the Fitz Geralds were also killed.
Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman seventh English Earl of Kildare enlarged the Maynooth Castle in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster, which may have been originally constructed there by his male line ancestor, Maurice Fitz Gerald, who had arrived into Ireland with Strongbow 11 / Richard de Clare during the 12th Century AD.
1478 AD March 25th: Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz Gerald the previous Anglo - Norman seventh Earl of Kildare had died, and the English Duke of Clarence who had been Edward 1V's brother and English Lieutenant Governor in Ireland was executed for treason, and the English Bishop Sherwood was also to be out of favour, and the Anglo - Irish Council immediately elected his son, Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth English Earl of Kildare to be the English Justiciar in Ireland.
May:
Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald, the new Anglo - Norman English eighth Earl
of Kildare, summoned an Anglo
- Norman Parliament in Ireland, which met at
Naas.
July: The Anglo - Norman Parliament was
then continued on in Dublin.
November: Lord Grey convened another
English controlled Parliament at Trim in Co. Meath
in the south - east of Northern Leinster, which was
then adjourned to Drogheda in Co.
Louth
and then back to Dublin, calling Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the
eighth Earl of Kildare’s
Anglo - Norman Parliament a “Pretend
Parliament” and annulled all it’s legislation and
2 basic English Parliaments
in Ireland were now fighting for total overall control in Ireland).
Sligo Castle in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province was captured by the Anglo - Norman Baron Mac William Burke taking it from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill O Donnells and he handed it over to Rory O Connor, the son of Brian O Connor, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Carbury and Mac William Burke then devastated the territory in the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Diarmada kingdom of Moylurg in Co. Roscommon in Connacht belonging to Rory Mac Dermot, who in retaliation went to Croghan and had himself proclaimed King in opposition to his kinsman, Conor Mac Dermot who was the present King of Moylurg and he besieged the Rock, where the only son of Conor Mac Dermot was killed by an arrow and the Rock was captured, and Rory Mac Dermot became the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc in Co. Roscommon in the Connacht Province and drove out Conor Mac Dermot.
There was now great
conflict in the kingdom of Machaire Connacht under
Felim Finn - of Fair Complexion O Connor
and the The O Conor Don and the sons of
Teague O Connor, Felim O
Connor's sons and the sons of The O Connor Roe
/ Ruadh
- of Red Complexion O Connor against them, and the whole region
was devastated and Turlough
Ruadh - of Red Complexion
O Connor, the son of Rory O
Connor, the son of Felim O Connor, the
Prince / Tanaiste
of
Connacht was killed
1479 AD Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare had previously gone over to England to see Edward 1V the Yorkist King, and won him over and was then re - appointed his English Deputy in Ireland to replace Lord Grey, and Edward 1V then had both legislations of the 2 English Parliaments in Ireland annulled giving the eighth Earl of Kildare instructions as to what Statutes were to be passed to suite him personally, but Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare called another Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland and totally ignored whatever Statutes the Norman English Yorkist King had wanted passed to bolster his own authority in Ireland. His nemesis, the Catholic Bishop Sherwood was once again appointed, as the Chancellor in Ireland by Edward 1V, and Roland Fitz Eustace was retained in Ireland as the Treasurer.
1480
AD 122.Henry
/ Einri O Niall, the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain King in
the
Ulster Province, was formerly thanked by the Anglo
- Norman Parliament in Dublin
for faithful service to Edward 1V the English Yorkist King
and
Co. Down
in the south - east of
Ulster was to be composed mainly of Anglo - Normans who were to retain their strong
English character
there until the end of the
Middle Ages.
The Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians were to construct Leamaneh Castle this year in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, situated between Corofin and Kilfenora that would suffer much later on under the forces of Oliver Cromwell'sunrelenting persecution and devestation.
Diarmait O Dea
the
Heberian Dal gCais Cineal
Fearmaic King constructed the
Dysert O
Dea Castle, 3 miles
out of
Corofin, and
7 miles
out of Ennis near the
Dysert O Dea Church also in
Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster
Province.