1481 - 1490 AD  

1481 AD Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare was officially appointed once again the English Lord Deputy in Ireland by Edward IV the Anglo - Norman Plantagenet Yorkist English King,

      123.Conn Mor - the Greater O Niall, the son of 122.Henry / Enri O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King in the Ulster Province, the "King's Friend" was taken prisoner. 

      Rory Mac Dermot the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Diarmada King of Moylurg in Co. Roscommon in the Connacht Province, died this year.

     Conn O Niall, the son of Aed Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Prince / Tanaiste of Ulster who was the Chief of Clannaboye, died.

     Slaine, the daughter of O Brian, who was the wife of Mac William Burke the Anglo - Norman English Baron from the Clanricarde, died his year.

1482 AD Bishop Sherwood, died, and with his main protagonist now out of the way, Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare dominated the Anglo - Norman Council in Ireland as he was now without opposition.

1483 AD Aed Ruadh - of the Red Complexion O Donnell from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel Conaill Sept and Aed Og - the Younger O Niall, the son of Aed Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel nEogain Sept took Irish forces into the kingdom of Machaire Oirghialla in Southern Ulster and also burnt Dundalk nearby in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

      Mahon O Griffey the Heberian Dal gCais Catholic Bishop of Killaloe in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, died this year, and was interred there in the Abbey of the Cannon on Canon Island near the mouth of the Fergus River.

      Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman English eighth Earl of Kildare attacked the Heberian Dal gCais Sept for supporting a claimant to the Anglo - Norman Butler English Earldom of Ormonde in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in Mogha's Half in the south - west of Southern Leinster, against the one who he had considered was the legitimate heir, who was also married by chance to his sister and he crossed the River Shannon with a large force into the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Mac Namara's territory in Co. Clare into the north - east of the Munster Province, and captured the castle at Bally Cullen and then marched on towards Conor na Shrona O Brian's fortress at Clonroad in Ennis. The Dalcassians were able to cut him off at the village of Quin, and also again at Bally Hickey Castle, and he was to be defeated, while Conor na Shrona O Brian was later also able to capture Fineen Mac Namara's Castle back which was also near Quin.           

     Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman English eighth Earl of Kildare's position in Ireland was now very strong and only getting stronger as he put an Act through the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland to allow the Anglo - Norman Council  in Ireland the authority to personally elect someone of their choice as the English Justiciar in Ireland to keep or guard the English Lordship over Ireland if there was a sudden vacancy in the English Deputyship, and he also named those for life who were to form the composition of those electors with replacement only by himself. He was also married to Alice Fitz Eustace the daughter of Roland Fitz Eustace the Anglo - Norman Treasurer in Ireland, while another of his sisters, Eleanor was married to 123.Conn Mor - the Greater O Niall / The O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King in the Ulster Province, who was the son of 122.Henry / Einri O Niall. 123.Conn Mor O Niall's son. 124.Conn Bacach O Niall later on was to also become the English first English Earl of Tyrone, who was to marry Eleanor, his first cousin, who was also Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald's the eighth English Earl of Kildare's daughter. Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald's other sons and daughters were also married in to the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill O Donnells, the Heberian Eoghanachta Chaisil Mac Carthys, the Heberian Cianachta O Carrolls, the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Failghe O Connor Falys in Co. Offaly, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine O Kellys, and to the Anglo - Norman Piers Butler who would also later on become the English Earl of Ormonde, the Anglo - Norman Flemings, the Anglo Norman Burkes, the Anglo Norman Darcys and the Anglo Norman Plunketts / Pluinceid. It now seemed that he had Ireland pretty well and truly sown up relative wise.

       After the sudden death of Edward 1V, his young infant son, Edward became Edward V the second Yorkist King of England, but Edward IV''s younger brother Richard 111 / Cing Risderd, soon gained overall control in England this year also, but would only survive until 1485 AD as the new third Norman Yorkist King of England, who was to also turn out to be the last of the Yorkist Norman Plantagenet Kings as he had declared his brother's 2 young sons illegitimate, and it was to be generally believed that he was to do away with them both after putting them in the Tower of London for safekeeping, which was to win him no friends in England or elsewhere. He immediately appointed a new English Chancellor to oversee Ireland for him, but Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth Earl of Kildare had already appointed his own brother to the vacancy, Sir Thomas Fitz Gerald, and he refused to admit Richard 111's appointee under the Statute he had personally put through the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland. This then meant that Richard 111 was forced to retain Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare in the office, and also accept his younger brother Sir Thomad Fitz Gerald as the Anglo - Norman Chancellor in Ireland and although Richard 111 made out that he agreed with Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald's decisions, when he was to personally visit him in England, in reality he was only biding his time while trying to regain the upper hand in Ireland personaly, He eventually sent the Catholic Bishop of Annaghdown to Ireland to try and make contact, with any other English rebels and dissidents, that he would be able to find who were against the interests of Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald and this was to include Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald's kinsmen, Garret Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman English Earl of Desmond, as well as 123.Conn Mor - the Greater O Niall / The O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Ulster Province. (Despite Richard 111's efforts, very shortly the future Henry V11, the Welsh Tudor Lancaster Usurper, would be the following new English King, although he was only distantly related maternally to the Lancasters, as he would do a deal with the merchants in the English Parliament, to get in, and all of Richard 111's previous plans would be for nothing.

1484 AD The Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Maguires / Mac Guires came into conflict over who now had the authority in the Battle of Moin Lagraidhe in their kingdom and territory in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of Southern Ulster.

     Remann Mac Mahon, the son of Rory Mac Mahon, from the eastern Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Sept in the kingdom of Orghialla died this year at Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster after a very long period of captivity.

 1485 AD Aed Og - the Younger O Niall, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 8th Clannaboye Chief, the son of Aed Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall, the son of Brian Ballach O Niall who had been the 4th Chief there, was killed this year.

    Aed Ruadh O Donnell from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel Conaill Sept defeated the English Galls and their allies the Irish Septs from the Connacht Province in the Battle of Moy.

   O Sullivan Beare the Heberian Eoghanacht King who had his kingdom and territory in the south - west of Co. Cork in Southern Munster, died this year. 

   Ulick Mac William Burke the Anglo - Norman English Baron from the Clann Rickarde, died, and was succeeded by another also known as Ulick Mac William Burke.

June 6th: Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare had the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland confirm the Statute that he believed would keep him in office in Ireland no matter what happened  in England.

August: In England the Battle of Bosworth occurred, which was to see the end of Richard 111 the third and last Norman Yorkist King along with 1500 of his supporters, and brought in a Welshman, the Usurper, Henry Tudor, who was to become Henry V11, who only had a connection to the Lancasters through his maternal side to John of Gaunt, becoming the first Welsh Tudor King of England, as he had previously also done a deal with the English Parliament and was now well and truly connected to the merchants there. Previously Gerald Mor Fitzgerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare had basically ruled Ireland for England, and had been accepted by the Yorkists and had therefore been a Yorkist supporter, and he had even previously supported attempts against  the imposition of the Welsh Usurper, Henry V11, but despite this, because of his strong connections to all of the prominent families in Ireland, he was to be still left in charge as the English Viceroy in Ireland, although the Butlers the Anglo - Norman English Earls of Ormonde reared for an English purpose, had been the real supporters of the Usurpers, the Lancasters, all the way through. Henry V11 the Welsh Usurper would now reign in England until 1509 AD and be followed by his son, the unforgettable Henry V111.

1485 - 1654 AD During this period 8 members of the Lynch family were to be Galway City Mayors in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht.

1486 AD Malachy O More / Ui Mordha who was to be the last Gaelic Milesian Irian King in their territory in Co. Laois in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster, who had his fortress at the Rock of Dunamaise, died this year, and was interred there in a tomb at Abbey Leix.

      Mac Dermot the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Diarmada King of Moylurg who had his kingdom and territory in Co, Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province, died this year, and was succeeded by Conor Mac Dermot the son of Cormac Mac Dermot the son of Thomas an Enig Mac Dermot.

 March: The Welsh Usurper, Henry V11 Tudor the new English King, confirmed Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare as the English Deputy in Ireland.

    Cumara Mac Namara was slain this year by the sons of Donough Mac Namara.

    Raghnailt O Brian, the daughter of John Mac Namara, and wife of Turlough O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais King of Northern Munster / Thomond, also died this year.

    Turlough O Reilly the son of Sean O Reilly the son of Eogan O Reilly, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom and territory of East Breifne, in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster, died this year, and was succeeded by his son, Sean O Reilly.

    John Barry Mor the Anglo - Norman Baron was killed by the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Mac Carthys in their kingdom and territory in Desmond / Southern Munster.

1487 AD Cathal Mac Manus Maguire from the north - western Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Sept compiled the actual "Annals of Ulster" in the Belleise monastery in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province. 

      Bran O Corcoran from the Heberian Cianachta Sept who was the Catholic Vicar of Cleenish in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province, died this year.

     Aed Mac Namara, the son of Philip Ruadh - of Red Complexion Mac Namara, from the Dal gCais Ui Caisin Sept, died this year.

     An Oxford Catholic priest arrived in Dublin with a 10 year old boy, who he said was the young Edward, the English Earl of Warwick, and the apparent heir to the Yorkist English throne, who was known as Lambert Simnel, who he claimed was one of the 2 sons of the late Edward 1V, the recently deceased Yorkist King, whose brother, the recently deceased Richard 111, had since been accused of killing in the Tower of London along with his younger brother, and he was given protection by Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Fitz Gerald eighth Earl of Kildare’s brother, Sir Thomas Fitz Gerald who was now the Chancellor in Ireland, who summoned up support for his Yorkist position, although the eighth Earl of Kildare himself was cautious. (Among Lambert Simnel's other supporters was Margaret the Duchess of Burgundy, who was a sister to the late Edward 1V and therefore possibly his aunt.)

May 5th: Margaret the Duchess of Burgundy arranged for Martin Schwary and 2,000 foreign mercenaries to arrive into Dublin to support the inauguration of Lambert Simnel as Edward V, and this combined formidable force was to be eventually also made up of Anglo - Norman supporters of the House of York and German mercenaries. 

May 14th: Edward V / Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin, in the presence of Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth Earl of Kildare, and many others, including Lord the English Earl of Lincoln, Sir Thomas Fitz Gerald and the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin.

June 4th: The Duchess of Burgundy, the late Edward IV's sister, and 1,000 of the German mercenaries went to England with Irish forces and fought a battle against the Welsh Usurper Henry VII who was now the Tudor English King, at Stoke, where Lord Lincoln, Sir Thomas Fitz Gerald the Chancellor, a German General and 4,000 men were killed, and Henry V11 was victorious, while in Ireland Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman English eighth Earl of Kildare who was the English Viceroy in Ireland had also summoned the Anglo - Norman Great Council in Ireland  in the name of the so called Edward V the newly crowned boy Yorkist King.

1488 AD Donnell Oge - the Younger O Donnell, the son of Donnell O Donnell, the son of Niall Garb - the Rough O Donnell was hung by Aed O Donnell, the son of Aed Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Donnell.

       Maelsechlainn O Kelly, the son of Aed O Kelly, the son of Brian O Kelly. from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Sept who had their kingdom and territory in the east of Co. Galway and Co. Roscommon in the Connacht Province, died this year. 

 May 25th: Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Ango - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare, owing to his strong family connections in Ireland, received a pardon from the Welsh Usurper Henry V11's envoy to Ireland, with Sir Richard Edgecombe sent over prior to negotiate terms with the Irish "rebels."

 July: Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth Earl of Kildare treated the Welsh Usurper Henry V11's envoy with contempt, and refused the conditions he demanded, and told him that they would become committed Irishmen before they would accept them, but despite this, eventually they took the Oath of Allegiance to Henry V11 promising not to support the Irish "rebels" in the future, and the eighth English Earl of Kildare retained the office against a strong protest from the English Galls set up in Waterford in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province, who feared retaliation there for having supported the Usurper Henry V11 and the Catholic Archbishop Octavian of Armagh.

     Oliver Cantwell / de Cantual - of Kentwell) whose family were originally from England, who had also become "More Irish then the Irish" became the Catholic Bishop of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster until 1527 AD, and later rebuilt the bridge of Kilkenny, which had been destroyed there during a flood.

1489 AD Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare went to England in person to see the Welsh Usurper Henry VII the Tudor King of England, and a party was held there, and Henry V11 had the young pretender Lambert Simnel serve the nobles from Ireland as a waiter and despite this the eighth Earl of Kildare managed to get on with the new English King.

     Turlough O Connor, the son of Felim Finn - of Fair Complexion O Connor, was killed by Teague Mac Dermot, the son of Rory Mac Dermot. 

    Diarmait Mac Carthy, the son of Teague Mac Carthy, the son of Donnell Og - the Younger Mac Carthy, from the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Sept who had their territory in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province was killed by Maurice Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman ninth English Earl of Desmond, who was a brother to Fitz Gerald the previous eighth English Earl of Desmond.  

    Geoffrey / Seafraidh Mac Gilla Phadraig / Fitz Patrick who was the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory who had their territory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, died this year.

1490 AD Felim Finn - of Fair Complexion O Connor Ruadh / Roe, died, and was succeeded by his son, Rory O Connor.

      The O Carroll the Heberian Cianachta King who had part of his kingdom and territory in the north of Co. Tipperary, but mostly in the south of Co. Offaly founded a Franciscan friary at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province on which site there is now a Catholic church.

     Loch Acree was formed this year by an earthquake, and is situated 2 miles south of Skreen in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

      Mahon O Gunning / Ua Conaing the Heberian Dal gCais Catholic Vicar of Latteragh / Lethrachta Abbey in the kingdom of Upper Ormond, died this year. 

     Finola O Brian, the daughter of Rory Mac Namara, who was the wife of Turlough O Brian, the son of Murrough O Brian, died this year.

July: The Welsh Usurper, Henry V11 the Tudor English King once again summoned Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare to England to discuss his overall authority in Ireland.

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