1531 - 1536 AD 

                                                                                                                            "Beginning of Racial and Religious Imperialism in Ireland."  

1531 AD Aed Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Donnell, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King who was a brother of Magnus O Donnell, captured Beleek Castle and there was to be further turmoil throughout the country because of this.

        Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King and his son Magnus Og - the Younger O Donnell who had their territory in Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province came into conflict, and Magnus O Donnell besieged his son's territory who then in retaliation also raided his father's territory in Tir Aed in Ulster Province.

      Donough O Brian, the son of Turlough O Brian, the son of Teague O Brian the Tanaiste / heir apparent of the Heberian Dal gCais kingdom of Thomond / Northern Munster, died.

      Donnell Mac Carthy Riabach, the son of Fingen Mac Carthy, the son of Diarmait Mac Carthy, the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Ui Cairbre King died.

     Conor Mac Brody, from the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Sept was the chief historian and bard for the Heberian Dal gCais O Quinns, and was a son of Dermod Mac Brody, the son of John Mac Brody, the son of Maolin Mac Brody, the son of Dermait Mac Brody, the son of Dermait Mac Brody, the son of Maolin Mac Brody, the son of Dermait Mac Brody. 

     Conor Carrach O Doherty was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King who had their particular kingdom and territory at Inishowen in Co. Derry in the mid - north of the Ulster Province. 

     William Skeffington who was now the English Justicar in Ireland for Henry V111 took an army into Tir Eogain / Tyrone the territory of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain in the mid - northern region of the Ulster Province, and Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King went to join up with him, but before they met up he was to destroy Kinard Castle and devestate the territory there, and Brian Mac Sweeney, the son of Lochlann Mac Sweeney / Mheic Suibhne, who was the leader of Butler the Anglo - Norman Earl of Ormonde's galloglasses was killed. (These particular mercenaries, the Mac Sweeneys of Ormonde / South Eastern Munster were descendants of Donnsliebe Mac Sweeney, the brother to Mael Muire Mac Sweeney from whom the Mac Sweeneys of Banagh Sept had evolved, and of Donnell na Madhmann Mac Sweeney from Tireragh in the Connacht  Province. 

      Sir Thomas Boleyn was the English Earl of Ossory, although he was not a Butler, and he was also an absentee, while Piers Roe Butler the Anglo - Norman eighth Earl of Ormonde, had greater credentials as he was the son of James Butler, the son of Edmund mac Risderd Butler, the son of Richard Butler of Polestown who had been a brother to James Butler the previous fourth English Earl of Ormonde who had been a son of the  Anglo - Norman English third Earl of Ormonde.

1532 AD Thomas Butler, the son of Pierce Roe Butler the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Ormonde, was killed by Dermait Mac Gilla Patrick / Fitz Patrick the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Prince / Tanaiste / heir apparent to the Kingship of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, who in a sign of even worse things to come, was handed over to Piers Roe Butler by his own brother who was now The Mac Gilla Patrick in his own right.

    Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King finally met up with William Skeffington, the English appointed Justicar in Ireland, and made peace and formed an alliance with him and William Skeffington then raided his opposition the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain territory of Tir Eogan / Tyrone in the mid - northern region of the Ulster Province where he demolished Dungannon and devastated the countryside there.

     Garrett Oge - the Younger Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman ninth English Earl of Kildare arrived back into Ireland from England after being re - appointed once again as the English Lord Deputy / Justicar, as Henry V111 the Welsh Tudor English King had once again come to realise that it was just too expensive to have English officials and an English Militia in Ireland to continue to maintain ttal overall control over the Gaelic Irish Septs.

     Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conall King also combined forces with Alasdair Mac Donnell / Mac Donald who now had his Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Uais territory in the north - east of the Ulster Province and they plundered and burnt the region in the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Diarmada / Mac Dermots' kingdom of Moylurg in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province until Mac Dermot 'was to finally make peace.

     Donnell and Toole / Tuathal, the sons of Art Og - the Younger who had been held in captivity for a long time by Conn O Niall were hung this year.

     Ardnarea Castle held at this time by Oliver Burke / de Burgho the Anglo - Norman English Baron, who was a son of John Burke, was to be captured this year in the north of the Connacht Province by The O Dowd / Ua Dubda the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe King and a great conflict also now occurred between the two opposing forces there.

    Mulrooney O Carroll, the son of Sean O Carroll, died.

1533 AD Teague Og - the Younger O Connor, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Ui Conchobhair King who was the son of Aed O Connor, captured the Sligo Castle in the north - west of Co. Sligo in the Connacht Province, during a night attack, and Ardnarea Castle was also re - taken by night by the descendants of Thomas Burke / de Burgho the Anglo - Norman Baron, from the sons of The O Dowd the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe King.

      Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King besieged the Connacht Province and hung Murtough O Connor, the son of Felim O Connor, the son of Turlough Carrach O Conor, at Annagh Castle, after his sons and kinsmen were to refuse to surrender up the castle.

     Diarmait Mac Dermot - the Bountiful became the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Diarmada King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc in their kingdom and territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province, who was a descendant of Mulrooney Mor Mac Dermot, and he was then to be killed by his older brother, Eogan Mac Dermot, who was also a son of Teague Mac Dermot.

     Felim Baccach O Niall, the son of Niall O Niall, the son of Conn O Niall, the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Chief of Clannaboye, who had his  territory in the north - east of the Ulster Province, died, and his brother, Niall Og - the Younger O Niall became their new Chief. 

1534 AD Eogan Mac Dermot, the son of Teague Mac Dermot, the son of Rory Og - the Younger Mac Dermot, who had been the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Mac Diarmada King of Moylurg for a year, died at Mac Dermot's Rock, and Aed Mac Dermot, the son of Cormac Mac Dermot, the son of Rory Mac Dermot, became the new King of Moylurg, but the other sons of Teague Mac Dermot were still able to capture the Rock back from him. 

    Henry VIII the Welsh Tudor English King totally forbid the Gaelic Irish Septs to continue to practise the Irish Brehon Law, but they along with many of the Anglo - Norman Old English not only ignored this edict, but also the English Law.

    Henry V111 confiscated the territory of Edward O Lonergan from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Sept and the Priory of Cahir composed of 180 acres. 

February : Henry VIII the Welsh Tudor English King for 20 years previous to this period in time had carried out a secret agenda of his own to secure more and more territory personally in Ireland for himself, and was by now once again, also not too happy with Garrett Oge - the Younger Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman ninth Earl of Kildare, the son of Gerald Fitz Gerald, the son of Thomas Fitz Gerald, who was still acting as his English Lord Deputy in Ireland, as Henry V111 saw him as being once again too close to the Irish people and he was re - called again to England, so he appointed his 20 year old son, Silken Thomas to be the Deputy Governor in front of the Council of Ireland, advising him to pay attention to their advice. On arriving in England Garret Oge Fitz Gerald was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and Silken Thomas Fitz Gerald who was now Lord Offaly (who was also related to Anne Boleyn), was later given a forged letter, stating that his father, had already been executed by Henry V111, which was naturally meant to upset him, and it achieved its purpose as he then revolted against the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre) authorities in Ireland, who were acting for Henry V111 who then put in English Lord Deputies, supported by English Militia to try and retain total overall English control over Ireland.

June: Silken Thomas Fitz Gerald, who was now in a bind of what he should do, and believing his father had been executed, proclaimed a declaration of Rebellion against the rule of Henry V111 the Welsh Tudor English King in St. May's Cistercian Abbey, and began sacking the English Galls and The English Pale surrounding Dublin, but he found that he could not take it, so he also ravaged the territory nearby in what was previously the O Melaghlins / Mac Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath in Northern Leinster and also nearby Co. Monaghan in Southern Ulster, taking hostages from the English Galls there, and the non - catholic Archbishop of Dublin who was acting for Henry V111 was killed by his followers. Henry V111 then sent William Skeffington over again to act as his English Justicar in Ireland, and he demolished the residences of Silken Thomas and devastated the Catholic churches in Meath and their lay properties and also took the Fitz Gerald Castle at Maynooth killing many of the Fitz Gerald followers there. Undaunted Silken Thomas Fitz Gerald was to keep up his revolt until 1540 AD when he would eventually be defeated and escape into Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province for 6 months, where he would then surrender himself up under an Amnesty granted to him by Lord Grey, which was later reneged on by Henry VIII who was to have him hung on Tyburn Hill in Dublin. In the meantime, Garret Oge Fitz Gerald the ninth Earl of Kildare, his father, was to actually die in the Tower of London and 300 years later a Parchment relating to 32 members of the Geraldines / Fitz Geralds was found there with 1/2 of their names having either "Beheaded" or "Attainted" against them, as every effort was now made to do away with the Gherardini and their positive influence in Ireland. William Skeffington with a major English Military force was to eventually bring to an end the revolt of Silken Thomas Fitz Gerald and send him also off to the Tower of London, were he along with 5 of his Fitz Gerald uncles were to be executed. The 12 year old son of Silken Thomas Fitz Gerald was to remain in Co. Clare under the protection of Conor O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais King of Thomond / Northern Munster and these events were to finally bring about the further decline of the previous connecion and superiority of the Geraldines in Ireland. John Alen / Allan an English man who was to actually be the last Catholic Archbishop of Dublin was to be able to escape on a ship, but it ran aground and he was caught and also beheaded by the English authorities.

     Henry VIII the Welsh Tudor English King who was now in full swing gave All Hallows Abbey to his English Government's Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre) authorities in Ireland, and Jerpoint Abbey in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster together with 6,500 acres to Pierce Butler the Anglo - Norman eighth English Earl of Ormonde along with Dingle / Daingean Ui Cuis (The Fortress of Cush) the ancient lands of the Mac Cush or Mac Quish / Mheic Coise Sept in Co. Kerry in the south - west  of Southern Munster, that had previously been taken over by the Anglo - Norman Husseys under the Fitz Geralds, who had then sold it to Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman Knight of Kerry.

     Teague Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Connor Roe, died and his son Turlough O Connor became the new Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Ui Conchobhair King in the Connacht Province.             

1535 AD Mael Muire Mac Sweeney of Banagh, the son of Niall Mac Sweeney, was killed by his brother, Niall Mac Sweeney at Rahan Castle in the Ulster Province.

     Siobhan O Niall, the daughter of Conn O Niall the son of Enri O Niall the son of Eogan O Niall, who was the wife of Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King, died, and was interred in the monastery at Donegal in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province. 

    Mac Awley / Mac Auley / Mheic Amhlaoibh killed the Lord of Clonlish, Fitz Gibbon and many of the Clan Sithig and Mael Muire Mac Sweeney the son of Brian Mac Sweeney the son of Turlough Oge Mac Sweeney, the son of Turlough Ruad Mac Sweeney, who was the fifth Mac Sweeney of Fanad, was also killed while assisting Mac Awley.

    Gerald Og Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman ninth English Earl of Kildare was to die imprisoned in the Tower of London.

   The Irish kerns / foot soldiers were to keep up the resistance to the English take over in the Anglo - Norman Butler's territory in Ormonde in north - eastern Munster. 

   Silken Thomas Fitz Gerald, the son of Garret Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman ninth Earl of Kildare, had joined in with the Gaels in the south of Ireland against the English appointed Justicar, and he was now banished out of Meath in Northern Leinster, and he went to the O Brians in Co. Clare in Thomond / Northern Munster and the Heremonian Cu Corb leader The O Connor Faly in nearby Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster for protection, as he had by now personally made a good fight of it and Sir Leonard Grey was to come over to Ireland from England and promise him a pardon, and he went with him back to England, where he was also put in the Tower of London. Sir Leonard Gray then returned to Ireland where William Skeffington the English Justicar too was soon to die and Lord Grey then became the new English Justicar for Henry V111 and he too also promised to take under his protection the other sons of Gerald Fitz Gerald the previous eighth Earl of Kildare, also the son of Thomas Fitz Gerald, namely, James Fitz Gerald, Oliver Fitz Gerald, John Fitz Gerald, Walter Fitz Gerald and Richard Fitz Gerald who he also sent over to England where they too were put in the Tower of London with their nephew, Silken Thomas, and on February 3rd in 1537 AD they too were to be executed also by Henry V111 the Welsh Tudor English King. Henry V111 then decided to send the largest English army ever to Ireland, where they tried to force feudalism onto Ireland, but the Irish Septs were totally against it, as they were not class conscious, as being of Celtic descent and Culture they were family orientated, and the future Foreign English Gall plantations were now to be carried out by constant War and Exile on the Irish Septs as the English titles meant little to the Mere Irish.   

     The population of Ireland was now at 1,000,000 and the control by the English authorities over The English Pale in Ireland had once again been reduced to the region surrounding the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre) and there were still 60 Gaelic Irish Kings and 30 Anglo - Norman Old English Lords among the 90 Chieftains who were continuing to  survive at this time under the terror that was now perpertrated by Henry V111 the Welsh Tudor English King as Co. Meath and Co. Westmeath in the O Melaghlins / Mac Loughlins Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill kingdom of Meath / Midhe in Northern Leinster was made into Counties with East Meath containing parts of Co. Dublin and Co. Kildare, and Westmeath containing part of Co. Longford and Co. Offaly. 

1536 AD Cormac Og - the Younger Mac Carthy from the Heberian Eoghancht Chaisil Sept the son of Cormac Mac Carthy the son of Teague Mac Carthy, died, and was interred at Kilcrea.

      Thomas Mac Davy / Burke, also died this year.

     The monastery of Dromahaire / Drom Dha Eithiar (The Ridge of the Two Demons) situated on the Bonet River in Co. Leitrim in the north of the Connacht Province was burnt during the night.

     Teague Og - the Younger O Connor, the son of Teague O Connor the son of Aed O Connor the son of Turlough Carrach O Connor, became the HeremonianDal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Ui Conchobhair Chief in Lower Connacht in his  territory there in the Connacht Province and O Connor and Teague O Connor, the son of Cathal Og - the Younger O Connor, raided the Anglo - Norman Old English Clan Goisdealbh / Costelloes who had their confiscated Estates surrounding Kilcolman and they took Rory Goisdealbh as a hostage to Sligo in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province intending to ransom him.

    From now on all of the O Connors of Co. Sligo in the north - west of Connacht Province who were initially of Gaelic Milesian aristocratic warrior blood descended from Donnell mac Murtough Baccach O Connor were to die out .    

     Magnus O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Ui Conchobhair O Connors from Lower Connacht were now to be engaged in a long conflict, which Brian O Rourke from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of West Breifne in Co. Leitrim in the north of the Connacht Province, was to ensure that he stayed out of, and Magnus O Donnell was also joined by Cu Chonnacht Maguire, Niall Connalach Og - the Younger O Niall, the son of Art O Niall, and Aed O Reilly, the son of Mael Mordha O Reilly and his followers. All of Magnus O Donnell's sons, except for Magnus Og - the Younger O Donnell were there with the Clann Sweeney, and the O Boyles / Ui Baigill who now had their territory between Duff and Drowes, were watching out for the O Connors who were now at Sligo. Niall Boyle and his followers too also kept watch for any sign of the O Connors, while Aed Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Donnell's followers were also on watch, but they mistakenly attacked their allies the O Boyle's men thinking they were the O Connors from Lower Connacht, and this resulted in Niall O Boyle being killed. Magnus O Donnell marched on to Fuinir, between Drumcliff and Carney, were he set up again, but in the meantime Cathal Og - the Younger O Connor gathered up his cavalry from the Muintir Airt from Sligo to Bradhullian where they clashed with Magnus O Donnell's cavalry who were there also between Sligo and Drumcliff. The next day, Magnus O Donnell took his men to Ferrard Randa in Liagain at the mouth of the Sligo River attempting to cross over to Cuil Irra in the south - west of Sligo (named for Liagan a Fomorian hero who had been killed there by Lugh Lamfhada the Tuatha de Danann King before the battle at Mag Tuireadh). The tide was still up and Cathal Og - the Younger O Connor could see that Magnus O Donnell had more men then he had, so he left it unguarded, and Magnus O Donnell's men on crossing over the river only encountered a small band of the O Connors who were to suffer great losses and Magnus O Donnell then entered the territory of the descendants of Brian Luignech O Connor where he ravaged the area, and then camped at Ballindrehid, and later crossed the strand at Trawohally near Ballysadare entering into the territory and kingdom of Tireragh in Connacht and ravaged the area there also, seizing all of the cattle around the Ox Mountains. He then crossed over to the west to the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe territory and kingdom of Moy where the descendants of Richard Burke the Anglo - Norman English Baron, who had their confiscated Estates there, who had previously been attacked by the O Connors also and he gained further cattle from there belonging to the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Fiachrach Muaidhe O Dowds who had allied themselves with the  O Connors. He also took the the daughter of the Anglo - Norman Walter Burke, who was now the wife of Eogan O Dowd as a hostage and Mac Dermot and the Anglo - Norman Mac Davy / Burke then came to assist the O Connors from Lower Connacht against the forces of Magnus O Donnell who then engaged them in battle at Drumcliff but despite his continuing success, Magnus O Donnell was to still return home to Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province without any submission from the O Connors of Lower Connacht.

      Donough Mac Donagh the son of Teague mac Donagh the son of Rory Mac Donagh, (5 generations) was proclaimed The Mac Donagh in his own right, as Eogan Mac Donagh the son of Donough, although still alive, was now blind, and although Eogan Mac Donagh's sons put up some resistance to this decision little conflict occurred between them.

    The O Connor Sligo, Brian O Rourke and the son of Cathal O Connor were requested by Mac Dermot and the sons of Teague Mac Dermot to go up against Turlough Ruad O Connor / The O Connor Roe the son of Teague Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Connor, and after they first ravaged the territory in the Cloonies they went on to the territory of the Tuatha / Family region were they secured hostages from the Muintir Ainlidhe who were an important Connacht Sept, and then attacked the O Kellys from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Sept in Lower Connacht and devastated the allies of O Connor except for Brian O Rourke as he had previously tried to make peace between Mac Dermot who was his kinsman, and O Connor Roe. They captured Turrock Castle and demolished it, and Donough O Kelly, the son of Emann O Kelly, gave himself up as a hostage to stop them devastating his territory any further and they then left with their hostages taking the door from Turrock Castle with them back to Sligo in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.  

1536 - 1537 AD Henry VIII the Welsh Tudor English King made arrangements for the English dominated Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland to acknowledge him as the "Head of the Catholic Church of England," which from now on would be controlled only by him personally and his self appointed bishops making it an Episcopalian institution, and also able to confiscate all of the Irish Catholic Institutions and their territories. The Gaelic Irish Septs were now to be forcibly made to accept the English Law, and were not to maintain any Gaelic Irish forces without his consent, and surrender their Gaelic Irish territories to him personally, subject to his own personal re - grant under the Anglo - Norman feudal system, to only serve him, and follow his personal agenda, and to bring this about he found that he had to have his English proclamations transcribed into Gaelic Irish for the Peers in the Anglo - Norman Parliament in Ireland to be able to understand it. He also sent Sir Leonard Grey, his appointed English Deputy / Justicar in Ireland, with military cannons towards Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province to submit the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians, and when they arrived at Limerick he was able to capture their Carrigoguinnell Castle, and the Gaelic Irish Septs there soon found that in order to "survive" this particular foreign English onslaught they had to begin to defect to the English side. Donough O Brian the son of Conor O Brian the Dalcassian King of Thomond / Tuath Mhumhain / Northern Munster had a hand in all of this and was to also meet up with Lord Grey at Limerick where he agreed to chastise his brother, Murrough O Brian the Prince / Tannist / heir - apparent who personally had the Inchiquin Castle near Corofin in Co. Clare, for at first putting up a resistance to Lord Grey. (Murrough O Brian had been supported by the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Mac Namaras and the other Dalcassian Septs under their control). Lord Grey, the English Deputy for Henry V111, then marched through the west of Co. Clare and took Murrough O Brian’s castle hardly without any opposition, and then pushed north into nearby Co. Galway in Southern Connacht. Henry VIII confiscated the Fitz Geralds, the recently deceased Anglo - Norman ninth Earl of Kildare's Estates in Ireland, also, which was the main part of Southern Leinster, and had an English Act passed to take back all the Gaelic Irish territory previously granted by the various Anglo - Norman English Kings to those who had supported them to keep overall control in Ireland, and that had by now found their way back into the hands of  the Gaelic Irish Septs. He dissolved the small monasteries, including Duiske Abbey / Graiguena Managh  in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, while the Creevelea Franciscan friary was burnt down in the O Rourkes' Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of West Breifne in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht, and the Holy Cross Abbey in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Munster was also suppressed and given over to Fitz Gerald the Anglo - Norman English Earl of Desmond. Killorglin Castle in Co. Kerry was taken from the Knight Templars and also given back to the Fitz Geralds in Desmond, but they would lose it again in the future during their own Desmond Rebellions against his belligerent Welsh Tudor daughter, Elizabeth 1st, when they too also could no longer stomach the ongoing Imperial Religious and Racial Ethnic oppression imposed on Ireland at that particular time and also in the future. (Later on it would be given to Jenkin Conway who was to rename the town and the castle there, Castle Conway, then it was to be passed on to the Blennerhassets / Some changed to Hasset, an English family originally from Cumberland, who were to then have confiscated Estates in Co. Kerry). Lord Grey, the English Lord Deputy, also destroyed O Briens Bridge, which crossed the River Shannon in the north - east of Co. Clare, and set himself up in the Earl of Kildare's Maynooth Castle in Co. Kildare in Central Southern Leinster until it was to be restored to the Fitz Geralds later on in 1552 AD. 

    Brian O Rourke the son of Eogan O Rourke the son of Tiernan O Rourke became "The O Rourke" and Castlecarr was to be burnt by The O Rourke.

    Fergal O Reilly the son of Sean O Reilly the son of Cathal O Reilly from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin East Breifne Sept was now the King of Conmaicne and the Muintir Mael Mordha in the Connacht Province.  

    Donnell O Kelly the son of Donough O Kelly was the Prince / Tanaiste / heir apparent of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Sept who now had their territory from Cara to Grian in Lower Connacht.

    Eicnechan O Kelly and Maelsechlainn O Kelly of the Fews of Athlone, were killed at the bidding of the son of Teague O Kelly, the son of his brother, Richard O Kelly. 

     John Duff and Raymond Roe Mac William of the Clann Rickarde Anglo - Norman Burkes were killed by the sons of Richard Og - the Younger Burke. 

    Brian O Connor Faly from the Heremonian Cu Corb Sept who was the son of Cathair O Connor Faly the son of Conn O Connor Faly the son of Calvagh / Calbhach O Connor Faly was driven from his kingdom and territory in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster by Sir Leonard Grey the English appointed Justicar, acting on behalf of Henry V111 the Welsh Tudor English King, who then demolished all his castles and killed many of his followers, which had been brought about by Cathal Ruad - of Red Complexion O Connor, his brother who was jealous of him.  

     Feradach Mac Flanagan / Mag Flannchaidh, the son of William Mac Flanagan. the son of Teague Mac Flanagan, the King of Dartry who had his territory and kingdom in the Connacht Province, died.  

     John Mac William Burke from the Anglo - Norman Clann Rickarde, the son of Richard Burke, the son of Edmund Burke, died, and the Clann Rickarde were in internal conflict over who was now in control of their confiscated Estates there as 2 of the Mac Williams were proclaimed as Richard - the Lame Burke, and Ulick Burke, the son of Richard na gCenn Og - the Younger Burke, sided with Richard - the Lame also.   

      Mellifont Abbey in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster belonging to the Cistercian Order together with its land was confiscated by Henry V111 the Welsh Tudor English King and granted to Edward Moore, and it would then be passed on to his descendant the English Marquis of Drogheda, then on to the English Balfours of Townley Hall, but it eventually went full circle and is now back in the hands of the Cistercian Order.  

     The Carmelite friary on Loch Rea in Co Galway in Southern Connacht, was also confiscated together with its land, and given over to Mac William Burke / de Burgh the Anglo - Norman English Earl of the Clann Rickarde and this is where the Turoe Stone is situated nearby, which is a Celtic La Tene Sculpture, that can be seen, 4 mile north of there.

    The actual non - Catholic Dissidents who were really against the repressive rules of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, outside of England, at this time were only composed of two groups, the Calvinists in France, and the Lutherians in Germany, emanating from 2 previous disenchanted Catholic monks, John Calvin and Martin Luther who both initially only wanted to bring about reform in the Catholic Church hierarchy, while Henry V111's agenda was different as he had monetary reasons and his own particular personal agendas and before he was finished he would be responsible for the murder of 72,000 innocent people all up to bring it about.

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