1671 - 1680 AD

                                                                                                                              Perceived Prestbyterian Disturbances In Ulster Province 

1671 AD The population of Ireland was now up to 1,700,000.

     The Irish Catholic Gentry this year, presented a petition to Charles 11 the English third Stuart King trying to obtain some type of Catholic relief or reform for the majority of the general population in Ireland.    

      John O Brennan / Ua Braonain became the Catholic Bishop of Waterford in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province and was to have a good working relationship with the Ascendancy Episcopalians and the other non - Conformist religions there for 20 years.

August: Lord Ranelagh, the nephew of the well known "survivor" Lord Broghill the Earl of Orrery, persuaded Charles 11 the English Stuart King to make an economic agreement giving him the right to raise revenues in Ireland, under which it was also intended that he was to clear the debts and pay large cash amounts back to Charles 11 personally.

1672 AD Griffith Williams, died and Parry was to be appointed the new Ascendancy Church of England / Ireland Bishop of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of the Leinster  Province until 1679 AD.   

May: Lord Berkeley of Stratton was removed as the English Viceroy in Ireland, as he had continued to make overtures to the Catholic Irish clergy in a spirit of reconciliation, which once again upset the Ascendancy Episcopalian members, and he was to be replaced by Arthur Capel who was now the English Earl of Essex until April, 1677 AD.  

     The English Ascendancy Government now granted Presbyterian Church ministers a yearly remuneration of 600 pounds a year to win over their loyalty, as the Ascendancy was by now well aware of the strong influence they had over their Congregations.

     Of the 190 pupils being educated at a Jesuit school 40 were either Episcopalian or non - Conformists, but it was still closed down, while the Ascendancy Episcopalian Church of England / Ireland at this time only had 50,000 members, its wealth was always to be considerably reinforced by endowments, Tithes, and the support of the Ascendancy English State, while the Irish Penal Laws as usual were continued to be imposed in Ireland by well armed English Military forces.

1674 AD 126.Murrough O Brien an Toitean - of the Burnings, who was the sixth English Baron of Inchiquin in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province. had been previously reared as an Episcopalian for an English purpose, and had subsequently became the scourge of his own Heberian people in Munster, while acting as a Royalist for Charles 1st the second Stuart King of England, and later still for the English Puritan Parliament, but he had since come to realise his true Irish heritage and became a Catholic and subsequently left money to the Catholic friars at Ennis, in his home territory of Co. Clare, to say prayers for his soul. (After he was to die this year, he was to be interred in St. Marys Cathedral in Limerick City in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Munster adjoining Co. Clare).

      The Irish Catholic clergy in Ireland were still at this time well and truly in fear of their lives.  

     Donough Mac Carthy the third English appointed Earl of Clan Carty, who was a son of Callaghan Mac Carthy, who had also been sent to England to be reared as an Ascendancy Episcopalian for an English purpose, had married Elizabeth Spenser and returned to Ireland, where he became a Catholic and he was to be among those in the future who would once again be fully committed to the cause of Irish Freedom for everyone in Ireland. 

     Charles 11 the Stuart English King granted the Skellig Islands, off the coast of Co. Cork in Southern Munster, firstly to Jane the Countess of Mountrath / Monrath, then later on to the Butlers of Waterville who then sold them to the Irish Light Commissioners for 1600 pounds who were to construct 3 Lighthouses there.

      Arthur Capel the English Earl of Essex, who was now the English Viceroy in Ireland, sent troops up into the Ulster Province to counteract the strong Lowland Presbyterian influence there, over their support for the ongoing troubles in Scotland against the English Ascendancy Government, and also to be forwarded from there to Scotland if required to assist with further involvement by those in authority there on behalf of the English Parliament. 

1675 AD The agreement between Charles 11 and Lord Ranelagh, for him to organize the revenues in Ireland and pay Charles 11 large cash amounts came to an end and were unfulfilled, instead it actually involved leaving many liabilities still outstanding, but despite this Charles 11 was to protect him against any type of inquiry being held.

1677 AD Arthur Capel, the Earl of Essex the English Viceroy in Ireland, sent troops up into Ulster Province again, to further counteract the Lowland Presbyterian influence there, over their support once again or the continuing troubles in Scotland against the English Ascendancy Government, and also once again to be forwarded on to assist the English forces in Scotland, if they were required.

      John Brennan the Catholic Bishop of Waterford who was well respected now became the Catholic Archbishop of Cashel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province. 

      The Quakers / Friendly Society opened a school at Mount Mellick in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster were Maryborough is the capital town in the ancient kingdom of the Gaelic Milesian Irian O Mores. 

April: Arthur Capel, the Earl of Essex, who had been the English Viceroy in Ireland since 1672 AD, finished his term. 

May: James "Black Tom" Butler the 1st Marquis of Ormonde was re - appointed to the position of the English Viceroy in Ireland.

August: James "Black Tom" Butler arrived back in Dublin were he was to continue to begin to control Ireland for the Stuarts until 1685 AD.

September: James "Black Tom" Butler the 1st Marquis of Ormonde acting as the English Viceroy in Ireland also put together a force of men to be sent to Belfast Loch in the Ulster Province in preparation to be sent over to Scotland once again to counteract the ongoing Presbyterian troubles there against the interests of the English Ascendancy Parliament, and he also constructed Charles's Fort to the south of the town of Kinsale in Co. Cork in Southern Munster against the Irish Septs there and this was to be where Charles 11's brother, James 11 would arrive  in 1691 AD after returning from France, and also from where he would also leave to go into exile later on in France. 

   The Ascendancy Parliament showing also some Puritan remnants passed an Act,  "To forbid Sunday Sports."

1678 AD September: Titus Oates in England, who turned out to be a real troublemaker, made up a story, that there was a Catholic plot in England for which he was richly rewarded by the Ascendancy for his efforts on their behalf, and this led to the English Ascendancy Government being able to put out a renewed proclamation once again against all of the Catholic clergy and the Catholic schools.

October: James "Black Tom" Butler the English 1st Marquis of Ormonde who was now once again the English Viceroy in Ireland, under the instructions of the Ascendancy ordered all Catholic Bishops and clergy out of Ireland again and the Catholic Irish were also forbidden to live in any of the towns in Ireland.

     The O Byrne the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Chieftain who had his territory in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster, who was considered to be the last surviving "Irish Rebel" in Ireland against the English Ascendancy Government was taken prisoner by the English and executed.   

1679 AD / 1685 AD? George Berkeley later an Episcopalian Bishop and philosopher was born at Dysert Castle near Thomastown in Co. Kilkenny in the south - east of Southern Leinster where at this time Thomas Otway became the Ascendancy English Church of England / Ireland Bishop of Ossory.

November: St.Oliver Plunkett was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland situated in the south - east of the Ulster Province in Ireland who was loved by everyone throughout the region who knew him but the Conservative Whigs in the English Ascendancy Parliament now sunk to their lowest ebb, when he was seen as a threat to those there who still had their own particular sickening agendas to bring about, and certain persons in that area were determined to make an example of him, because he was not only an Irish Catholic, but also so well respected, and they could not make any case against him there, so they had him arrested in Dundalk and imprisoned him in Newgate Prison in Dublin in Co. Dublin in Southern Leinster.

      In a twist of Fate, James "Black Tom" Butler, the 1st Marquis of Ormonde who was also the English Viceroy in Ireland for Charles 11, was verbally attacked in the Anglo Ascendancy Parliament in Ireland for not being hard enough on the Catholic Irish, and pressure was bought on Charles 11 to have him replaced once again. 

     A Presbyterian Insurrection finally broke out in Galloway in Scotland, and James "Black Jack" Butler sent his troops nearby into the Ulster Province to be ready for any troubles there from the Presbyterian population, but the eventual English Military victory in Scotland at Bothwell Bridge released the built up tensions there, and resulted in more Lowland Presbyterian refugees abandoning there and migrating into the  Ulster Province.

     A Habeus Corpus Act was passed this year, and Lord Broghill, the English Earl of Orrery, who had been a well known Ascendancy "survivor, " died.

     A hospital was built at Kilmainham in Dublin in Co. Dublin in Southern Leinster, where it would be fully utilized after the Battle of the Boyne in the future in 1690 AD, and later on also it would become a  Museum after the Anglo - Irish War in 1922 AD.   

1680 AD The English Ascendancy Parliament was by now well and truly under the control of the merchants there with their own particular monetary agendas, who were becoming the New English Rich / Barons and Lords with their new found wealth, and they passed further regressive legislation on Ireland "To ban the export of Irish cattle, milk, butter and cheese," again.

     The English Ascendancy Government authorities in the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre) now demolished all the remaining Irish castles, and Catholic churches that had not been taken over for the use of the Ascendancy Church of England / Ireland and the remaining Catholic priests were once again oppressed and hunted down in fear of their lives.

 October : St. Oliver Plunkett the Irish Catholic Archbishop of Armagh was taken to London in England to be dealt with, were he was to endure a travesty of a trial by the English Ascendancy and Charles 11 did not interfere.  

        By now 30,000 people were back in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province, while in the main town of Ennis there were now 120 houses and 600 people living at this time.

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