1491 - 1495 AD 

1491 AD Felim O Niall, the son of Aed O Niall, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept in the Ulster Province was killed by Brian Mac Mahon, the son of Remann Mac Mahon from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Sept who had his kingdom and territory in Southern Ulster.

     Sean O Reilly, the son of Turlough O Reilly, died, and Sean O Reilly, the son of Cathal O Reilly from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne became The O Reilly who had his kingdom and territory in East Breifne in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster.

   Cu Mac Namara / Mheic Conmara, the son of Sean Mac Conmara, from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Sept, died this year.

June: The M.P.'s in the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland asked the Welsh Usurper Henry V11, who was now the Tudor King of England, to excuse Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth Earl of Kildare from being summoned to England, as the danger to The English Pale at this time was too great from the surrounding Gaelic Irish Septs and the Earl of Kildare also wrote personally himself, stating that he had to intervene in the Munster Province and the Connacht Province, where he was supported by his kinsman, Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Earl of Desmond, and other Anglo - Norman Barons including Roche, de Courcy and Sir Piers Butler. (No reply was forthcoming from Henry V11.)

November: To add to the Yorkist / Lancaster turmoil, Perkin Warbeck, also claiming to be the younger Richard the Duke of York, another of the 2 young Yorkist Princes who had disappeared from the Tower of London, where they had been held by their uncle, Richard 111 and seemingly disposed of, landed at Co. Cork in Southern Munster, and informed everyone that he too had escaped from the Tower of LOndon and he was also especially well received and supported by Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Earl of Desmond in Southern Munster.

December: The Welsh Usurper, Henry V11 the Tudor King of England sent James Ormonde, who was an illegitimate son of James Butler the Anglo - Norman English sixth Earl of Ormonde and Thomas Garth to Ireland with a further 200 English Military force to fortify and defend the English held Butler confiscated Estates of Ormonde, against the Gaelic Irish Septs in the territories surrounding there, which took in part of Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, but was mainly in the adjoining territory in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster, and also Waterford in Co. Waterford in the south - east of Munster

1492 AD June: The Welsh Usurper, Henry V11 the Tudor King of England dismissed Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare from his position in Ireland, by which time Perkin Warbeck had left Ireland and the overall English authority in Ireland was now divided between the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and the Anglo - Norman Baron Walter Fitz Simons who Henry V11 had put in place to replace the eighth Earl of Kildare as the English Deputy in Ireland, and also James Ormonde who took the title of English Governor and Treasurer in Ireland. Other Geraldine supporters were also removed, which ended the eighth Earl of Kildare’s control also over the Anglo - Norman Council in Ireland, and a situation of Civil War was very close to occurring between the English under Butler the Anglo - Norman English Earl of Ormonde and the eighth Earl of Kildare's Geraldine supporters. The Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians in their kingdom of Thomond / Northern Munster at this time supported the Butlers, while Calvagh / Calbhach O Connor Faly the Heremonian Cu Corb King of Offaly who had his territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster supported the Geraldines and because of this Thomas Garth decided to invade Co. Offaly, where Calvagh / Calbhach O Connor Faly, the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Failghe King of Offaly was killed by Martin Garth the illegitimate son of John Butler the sixth Earl of Ormonde who had been appointed the English Royal Commissioner with Sir James Ormonde. During the conflict the eighth Earl of Kildare was able to take him prisoner and also hung his son and because of this drastic result it was then decided to bring the dispute between the Anglo - Norman Old English to an end, and Sir Thomas Butler, who was now the Anglo - Norman seventh English Earl of Ormonde, and his enemies the Fitz Geralds / Geraldines, made an arrangement to meet at St. Patrick’s Church in Dublin to discuss the issue and on arriving they were involved in a slight altercation outside the church, so a hole was then cut into the doorway so that they could both shake hands without any chance of personal injury to each other.

     Cuvea Mac Namara, the son of John Mac Namara, from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Sept. died this year. 

      Penrisede Culvey was to sail with Christopher Columbus from out of the city of Galway in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht to discover the New World

1493 AD 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 / Enri O Niall, was killed by his brother, 123.Enri Og - the Younger O Niall who then assumed the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Cenel nEogain Kingship of Tyrone / Tir Eogain in Ulster.

       Ingene Dub - of Dark Complexion O Donnell, the daughter of Aed Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Donnell, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill, who was the wife of Niall O Niall, the son of Conn Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain, died.

      Sean O Donnell, the son of Eogan O Donnell, the son of Niall Garb - the Rough O Donnell, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill was captured by Donough O Gallagher / Ua Gallchobhair also from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill and handed over to Conn O Donnell, the son of Aed Ruad - of Red Complexion O Donnell, who hung him.

      Donnell O Connor, the son of Eogan O Connor, the King of Sligo who had his kingdom and territory there that ranged from the Corlieu Mountains to the north coast of Co. Sligo in Co. Leitrim in the north - west of the Connacht Province, was killed by Rory O Connor, the son of Turlough Carrach O Connor at Bunnina, who then became the new King there.  

      The Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland had already put through an Act of Resumption, on behalf of the Welsh Usurper Henry V11, which had been last tried in Ireland in 1341 AD.

     Mac William Burke, the son of Richard Burke, the Anglo - Norman Baron, was killed near Sligo Castle in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

     James Lynch Fitz Stephen the Mayor of Galway City, who was from one of the 14 foreign Tribes of foreign Galls in Galway in Co. Galway in the south of the Connacht Province, hung his own son, Walter Fitz Stephen, from the upstairs window of his house this year so all could see, as his son had previously murdered the son of a Spanish visitor, and he could not get anyone else to do it and the actual upstairs window and gantry were this occurred is still there to see

March - June: The Welsh Usurper Henry V11 the Tudor King of England sent 3 armies composed of 400 English Militia in all to Ireland, and the fighting for the overall control in Ireland continued on. 

June: At Oxmantown Green in Dublin in The English Pale there was a riot, and the English Barons acting for the Welsh Usurper, Henry V11 Tudor, Fitz Simons and James Ormonde could not control the events that were now occurring there, and in the following Summer Henry V11 was to replace them with Preston / Lord Gormanston.

Autumn: Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare was with Lord Gormanston, Garth and others who all went to England to discuss the ongoing situation in Ireland with Henry V11, while Sir Thomas Butler the Anglo - Norman English seventh Earl of Ormonde and Fitz Simons had gone earlier. ( Perkin Warbeck was also still at large gaining further support for his Norman Yorkist claim to the English throne).

1494 AD September 12th: Sir Edward Poynings was now appointed the English Deputy in Ireland by the Welsh Usurper Henry V11 and in October a further 400 English Military forces were landed in Ireland at Howth near Dublin in The English Pale. 

November: The English Militia moved on the Ulster Province with the combined forces of Gerald Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth Earl of Kildare and James Ormonde, attacking the Heremonian Dal Cuinn 3 Colla Da Crioch Airthir Ui Niallain Clann Cernaich O Hanlons there in Co. Armagh. A quarrel then developed between Sir Edward Poynings the newly appointed English Deputy, and Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare, and this ended their combined  campaign against the Gaelic Irish Septs and Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare was later arrested and Attainted (Off with his head) for treason by the Anglo - Norman Parliament who were now totally under the control of the Welsh Usurper Henry V11, and he was sent as a prisoner to England were he was imprisoned in the Tower of London as a Yorkist sympathiser.

December: The Anglo - Norman Parliament met at Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster and were by now well and truly under the control of Sir Edward Poynings the new English appointed Lord - Deputy / Viceroy in Ireland who had been sent over by the Welsh Usurper Henry V11 the  Tudor English King with an English Militia to only introduce legislation to suite him that would be known as the "Statute of Drogheda," intended to make the Gaelic Irish Septs and the Anglo - Norman / Old English / Anglo - Irish politically sub - servant to the English Privy Council and English Law. He introduced numerous new Penal Laws into Ireland, which also removed the previous independence of the Anglo - Norman Parliament, who from now on could not meet and make any Laws for Ireland without Henry V11's and the English Privy Council's approval. All public offices in Ireland, including the Judges, were also from now on to be under English influences only and all of the Gaelic Irish influence was gone, as previously intended by Henry V11 to reduce Ireland to, "Whole and perfect obedience." (Before this the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland had met annually.)

     As Scotland was also giving the English trouble at this time, Sir Edward Poynings, the English Lord Deputy in Ireland, had to return to England, and  because of this the Welsh Usurper Henry V11 the Tudor English King soon became fully aware of the hold that Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare had in Ireland, and in desperation he removed him from the Tower of London and put him back in as the English Lord Deputy in Ireland. (Although he had wanted to put a large English Military force into Ireland instead, the English Parliament, controlled by the merchants who had put him in to power in the first place would not provide the funds to do so.

1495 AD After this date and for the next 41 years up until to 1536 AD under the Welsh Usurpers the Tudor Kings of England, Henry V11 and his son, Henry V111 the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland would only be allowed to meet 8 times.

March: Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Kildare was once again taken to England as a prisoner, as an Attainder was put on his head once again, but within a few months, Henry V11 the Tudor English King realising his real value once again to him in Ireland had the English Parliament cancel the Attainder.

     Teague was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn King of Tirerril /Tir nAililla (The Land of 90.Ailill) who still had their kingdom and territory in Co. Sligo in north - west of the Connacht Province.

     Conn O Donnell, the son of Aed Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Donnell, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill besieged the Sligo Castle in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province, and the O Connors from the Hermonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Ui Conchobhair went there also to try and lift the siege, and Aed Ruad - of Red Complexion O Donnell, the son of Niall Garb - the Rough O Donnell, who was returning from Scotland, learning of this hurried to assist his son and although they were able to defeat the O Connors, mac William Burke the Anglo - Norman English - Norman Baron then came to assist the O Connors, and the O Donnells were forced to retreat, with many killed.

     Ulick Mac William Burke the Anglo - Norman English Baron who was from from the Clan Rickarde, the son of Ulick Mac William Burke raided Lower Connacht destroying what ever was left there.

July: The supporters of Perkin Warbeck the Yorkist pretender to the Norman Kingship of England invaded the south - east of Ireland, and Sir Edward Poynings the English Lord Deputy in Ireland for Henry V11 had to take his English Military forces further south to lift the siege being carried out on the English stronghold in Waterford in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province where there were supporters of the Welsh Usurper, Henry V11 the Tudor King of England and Perkin Warbeck was then forced to move on to Scotland, and was no longer seen as a threat in Ireland, and the English administrators with Sir Edward Poynings approval began to impose more English reform on the population and the Celtic Irish culture in Ireland.

    Teague O Gara, the son of Donnell O Gara, the son of Eoghan O Gara, and Cian O Gara, the son of Brian O Gara were slain this year and Cian O Gara, the son of Eoghan O Gara, the son of Tomaltach O Gara, also died this year due to an ongoing conflict with a bard and Dermod O Gara, also a son of Eoghan O Gara, the son of Tomaltach Oge - the Younger O Gara, the Heberian Cianacht Chief of Coolavin was taken prisoner by The O Donnell at the Battle of Bel an Droichet near Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

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