1101 AD 108.Murtogh Mor - the Greater O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain 44th King of Cashel / Munster, after prompting from St. Anselm the Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury in England, who had written again to him personally recognizing him as the King of Ireland, had decided to hold a religious convention on the Rock of Cashel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province where he was to hand over the Royal Fortress of the Heberian Cashel / Munster Kings to the Catholic Church in Ireland with all it's churches and fortifications. He donated it for the use of the devout and religious, and the Catholic Bishop of Cashel now became the Archbishop of Cashel there and *108.Murtogh Mor O Brian was now generally recognized as the 180th King of Ireland although - with opposition in the north and to improve his position in the scheme of things he besieged the Grianain of Aileach / Ailigh / Oileach, which had been the main fortress of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept on Mt. Grianan situated on the Inishowen Peninsula in Co. Donegal in the north - east of the Ulster Province, which he burnt to the ground to express his personal overall authority now over the whole of Ireland. He also had his men carry back a stone in each of their empty sacks, which he was to use later on to build a parapet upon the top of his own palace, where St. Mary's Cathedral now stands in Limerick, and to get there he was to be forced to take his large force over Eas Ruadh / Ashroe (The Cataract of *60.Red Aed who had been the Gaelic Milesian Irian 61st King of Tara / Ireland) who drowned there in 724 AD. (It is  now known as Ballyshannon). His main reason for carrying out this particular raid was in retaliation for the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill's attack two hundred years before, when they had then cut down trees in Creatalach in the Dal gCais territory in the north - west of the Munster Province to roof their palace at Aileach. While *108.Murtogh Mor O Brian was there in the north he also decided to take on the Norse Vikings who were set up there nearby in the Derry / Daire area in Ulster who he then successfully drove out. After the destruction of Aileach the Cenel nEogain Sept then resided in the south of Co. Tyrone at Ennis Enaigh / Inchenny at Urney and their Inauguration Stone / Leac na Righ (Flagstone of the Kings) was to be at Tullahogue / Hill of the Youths at Desert Creagh in Dungannon, the seat of the Cenel hEogain O Hagans / Ui  hAgain, who had the right to be involved in the inauguration of "The O Niall" by putting on his golden sandal, which is included in the O Hagan armorial arms, and down to Cromwell's time, which would be demolished by Blount / Lord Mountjoy acting under the "Slash & Burn" orders of Elizabeth 1st the Welsh Tudor English Queen who would create 6 Rebellions in Ireland against her intolerable policies.

1102 AD *108.Murtogh Mor O Brian the 180th King of Ireland married one of his daughters to the Norman, Arnulf of Montomery, whose brother was the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury who was against Henry 1st who was now the new Teutonic Norman King of England as the marriage had been negotiated by Gerald of Windsor who was the steward at his Castle of Pembroke in Wales, and who would later become the direct male line ancestor of the Geraldines (Fitz Geralds) in Ireland and he would also come to play a big part in the future in Ireland when his Cambro Norman descendants would come into Ireland after the Anglo - Norman English Invasion that was to begin very soon in 1167 AD. *108.Murtogh Mor O Brian also married another of his daughters to Magnus Bare Legs the Teutonic Viking King, and he also decided now to make Limerick in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province his main fortress, breaking with the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Turlogh Ui mBriain tradition of ruling from Kincora in the north - east of Co. Clare.

1103 AD *108.Murtogh Mor O Brian the 180th King of Ireland was defeated this year in the Battle of Mag Cobo, and the Ulaid Septs in the north - east of the Ulster Province who had previously sought his help found that they now had to make peace there with their previous overlord *109.Donnell Mac Loughlin / Mac Lochlainn the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain 51st King of Aileach who was the 179th King of Ireland - with opposition who still basically only ruled in the north anyway.

       Magnus of Norway, the last of the Scandinavian Sea Viking Kings, decided to now try and take over Ireland, and to this end he had set sail from Norway down to the Orkneys, then onto the Hebrides, until he finally reached Ireland, where he began to creating further havoc by besieging the Irish Septs all over Ireland, and while he was sailing along the the coast of the Ulster Province feeling he was well in control of his destginy he demanded that, the Irish Septs along the way there, kill their cattle to supply his men with fresh meat, but they refused his order, so he disembarked from his ships and along with his Viking warriors he headed inland to obtain the necessary produce for himself. On their return journey back to the ships Magnus and his Viking warriors found that they had to travel through coastal marshes and the Irish Septs who were there then attacked them and many of these particular Vikings were killed in the ongoing confusion, but Magnus of Norway was personally protected by his Viking warriors who surrounded him with a shield wall, but theysoon found that their escape route was hindered by a dyke, and during the ongoing conflict Magnus was severely wounded with a spear that went through both his legs below his knees, which he personally grabbed hold of and broke off. Some of his surviving Viking warriors eventually managed to climb over the dyke wall, while the others fled back towards their waiting ships. As the Irish continued to move in on the remaining Vikings, Magnus received a mortal blow on the neck with an axe and his immediate defenders who were still trying to protect him were also killed, but Vidkunn one of the Vikings was able to retrieve Magnus's sword and Standard and take them it back to their ships, and along with the Vikings who remained alive he set sail and went directly back to Norway. Despite this final devastating result for the Teutonic Vikings they were to continue to still have control over Dublin on the north - east coast of Southern Leinster, and this year, they also constructed Reginald's Tower on the quay in their settlement at Waterford in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province, which is still in existence there today.

     Gilla Patrick Ruadh - of Red Complexion the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Ui Connla King of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, died this year, whose father was ? and 114.Donnell mac Donogh mac Gilla Patrick (Fitz Patrick) became the new Ui Connla King of Ossory until 1113 AD, who was a son of 113.Donogh mac Donnell / Donnchada mac Domhnaill who had been a previous King of Ossory,     

1105 AD Kelly / Ceallach from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Sinaig Sept who had their territory in the Ulster Province was to become the Abbot of Armagh this year, as the Clann Sinaig / Sinaich, a sub - Sept of the Ui Echdach, had previously held the Abbacy of Armagh for over 100 years with their Abbots only ever being laymen.

1106 AD Kelly / Ceallach from the Ui Sinaig Sept became the Catholic Bishop of Armagh in the Ulster Province, unifying both positions of Abbot and Bishop (supervisor) creating a new diocese at Armagh, which would come to rely heavily on St. Malachy O Morgair - the Reformer who was also from Armagh in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province, who was to be a student during the Rath Breasail Synod there as St. Malachy's father was the head teacher / fer Leginn at the school at Armagh and St. Malachy was to later also became a great friend of St. Bernard who had previously founded the Cistercian Order, which was to have a great effect on him, and who later also wrote his life story. (St. Malachy later became Ireland's first Papal Saint).

       114.Donnell O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Siol Muireadhaigh / Sil Murray Ui Conchobair 54th King of Connacht was deposed this year, and his more ambitious brother, *114.Turlogh O Connor became the new 55th King of Connacht, who was one of the 3 sons of 113.Rory na Saide Bhuidhe O Connor the previous 51st King of Connacht who had been blinded in 1092 AD and was to die in 1118 AD and *114.Turlogh O Connor would later become the first of the Ui Briuin Ai to be the 181st King of Ireland in 1136 AD.

      Raghnall O Dea the Heberian Dal gCais Chief of Dysert O Dea in Co. Clare, died this year.

       The Cong Abbey in Co. Mayo in the mid - western region of the Connacht Province was constructed this year, and became an important centre of learning with 3,000 scholars being educated there at one time.

1109 AD Flaherty O Lynch the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid successor to St. Ciarain of Clonmacnoise in Co. Offaly in Southern Leinster, died.

      Maolisa O Collins the Heberian Eoghanacht Ui Fidgeinti Catholic Bishop of Leath Cuinn, died this year.

1110 AD Pope Paschal 11 had previously presented *106.Donogh O Brian, the 176th King of Ireland who had been the son of *105.Brian Boru - of the Tributes the Heberian Dal gCais 175th High King of Ireland, with a portion of the True Cross of Jesus Christ, which was enshrined and attracted many pilgrims, and because of this later on the Holy Cross Abbey was to be constructed in 1169 AD by 110.Donnell Mor O Brian who would then be the King of Northern Munster / Thomond to hold this sincerely revered relic. (It still exists today and is kept at the Ursurline Convent at Blackrock in Co. Cork in Southern Munster). 

      Felix O Hea a Heberian Dal gCais Cistercian monk was appointed to the See of Lismore in the Munster Province.

     Flann O Kennedy the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlogh Abbot of Trim, who was a learned poet, died this year.

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