1171 AD
1171 AD 110.Donnell Mor O Brian, who was now the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond, founded a nunnery in Limerick in Co. Limerick in the mid - north west of the Munster Province of which there are now no remains left at all.
May: 113.Diarmait Mac Murrogh na Gall - of the Foreigners the previous Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig 59th King of Leinster died, at 65 years of age at Ferns in Co. Wexford in Southern Leinster, and Strongbow 11 / Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare the Cambro - Norman Marcher Baron from Pembroke in Wales, who had married his daughter, took over control in Southern Leinster, against the precepts of the Irish Brehon Law, as the self - appointed English Earl of Leinster, and a revolt broke out there against him.
The remains of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall - of the Foreigners, the previous 65th Ui Cheinnselaig King and Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb 59th King of Leinster, who was to become known as the greatest traitor in Irish history, was interred at the Augustinian Friary at Ferns in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, where the ruins are still in existence today, along with the Cathedral and the Holy Well of St. Moling. 113.Enda / Enna Mac Murrogh, 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall's brother, had been the previous 64th Ui Cheinnselaig King and 58th King of Leinster who had died in 1126 AD, and their father had been 112.Donogh mac Murrogh / Mac Murchada the previous 63rd Ui Cheinnselaig King and 56th King of Leinster who had died in 1115 AD. 113.Diarmait Mac Murrogh na Gall had been descended initially from 94.Enda / Enna Cennsalach / Cinsella who had been the Heremonian Cu Corb 2nd King of Leinster, mainly through 110.Diarmait mac Mail na mBo - of the Many Cattle who had been the one to revive the fortunes of the Ui Cheinnselaig Sept's male line in the first place, after becoming the 61st Ui Cheinnselaig King and 51st King of Leinster and the unofficial 177th King of Ireland - with opposition who had died in 1072 AD. 94.Enda Cennsalach who had been the direct male line ancestor of the Ui Cheinnselaig Sept had been the grandson of 92.Bressal Belach the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb 1st King of Leinster, who was also the direct male line ancestor of the previous Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge Kings of Leinster who had produced most of the early Kings of Leinster through his other son, 93.Enda / Enna Nia the direct male line ancestor also of the Cu Corb Ui Briuin Chualann Sept / Fine in Leinster. 113.Diarmait Mac Murrogh na Gall due to his particular temperament and agenda was to be the last outright King of Leinster under the Brehon Law in his own right.
Strongbow 11 / Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, the Cambro - Norman Marcher Baron, tried to claim 113.Diarmait Mac Murrogh na Gall's original title of King of Leinster, which went against the Irish Brehon Law, and he also took over the importantly situated fortress on the Rock of Dunamase in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster allocated to him by 113.Diamait Mac Murrogh na Gall for his support. Later on this articular well situated fort was to be also still under the control of the Anglo - Normans, and then later still it would be taken back by the Gaelic Milesian Irian Ui Laigis O Mores there, as it was in their territory. It would also be retaken again later on by the Anglo Norman English and was then to be destroyed during the Oliver Cromwell Invasion in the 15th Century AD, which was to be an all out English ethnic and religious destruction of all things Irish and Catholic. and then it would be recaptured again in the early 17th Century AD by 127.Owen / Eogan Roe - of Red Complexion O Niall. He was to be one of the 2 most important commanders of the Irish Confederacy rebellion against the English Royalists and the English Puritan Parliamentarianarmies, at that time, during the ongoing Civil War in England. It was then to be retaken again by Sir Charles Coote for the English Royalists in 1641 AD who was a real "survivor" who switched his allegiance over to the English Puritan Parliamentarians.
It was now or never for the Irish Septs and
*115.Rory
O Connor
the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai
Siol Muireadhaigh 183rd King
of
Ireland
raised a great Irish force to try and drive
Strongbow 11 the
Cambro - Norman Baron and his Cambro - Normans followers out of Ireland
but before he could do this he
would have to besiege his Irish opposition in 110.Donnell
Mor O Brian the
Heberian Dal gCais
Ui mBriain 47th King of Cashel / Munster
who had also sided with Strongbow
11 who was now also his brother - in - law, in nhis own personal interest going against the
overall interest of Ireland.
*115.Rory O Connor then came up against
110.Donnell Mor O Brian
and his Anglo - Norman allies
near Thurles / Thor - less
in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of
the
Munster Province,
and during the battle,
4 Cambro - Norman knights were slain and
1,700 of his followers were killed, and Strongbow
11
in shock at such a great defeat
immediately recalled
Raymond Le Gros
Fitz
Gerald, (ancestor of the Graces)
who had since returned to Wales with his
own followers, back to Ireland, On
his return from Wales, Raymond Le Gros and his
men at first were sent by Strongbow 11 to
Northern Munster to further support
110.Donnell Mor O Brian
in
Limerick
in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of
Munster, where he was able to cross over the River Shannon in the shallows
that then existed in that vicinity near what is now
King John's Castle. *115.Rory O Connor
decided to
divide his Irish
forces into
3 divisions, with one
sent to attack Strongbow 11 head on who was now set up in Dublin, while another was sent to destroy the crops above
Dublin to remove any chance of continuing sustenance for the
Cambro - Normans there, and another to besiege
110.Donnell
Mor O Brian
himself and
his allies in hisUi mBriain territory in
Co. Clare. The
Irish forces sent by
*115.Rory O Connor to besiege
110.Donnell
Mor O Brian
were able to chase him all the way down to
Limerick, then up and over to the Rock of Cashel
in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of
Munster were
Raymond Le Gros the Anglo - Norman Baron who was on his way to Limerick with some Ossory / Co. Kilkenny Septs
met up with him.
In the meantime
With
110.Donnell Mor
O Brian and his allies out of the way, the
Irish
Heberian Dal gCais
Ui mBriain
Septs from Thomond
/ Northern Munster, and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ai
Ui Conchobair
O Connor Septs from the
Connacht Province then agreed to
combine their efforts under the leadership of
*115.Rory O
Connor to try and stop any further Cambro - Norman insurgence, and
they finally stood side by side united against a common foreign foe and
Gottfried the
Viking King of Man, who was an Irish ally agreed
to support them also by besieging
Strongbow 11's forces
out
at sea.
The Heberian Dal gCais
/ Dalcassian
warriors involved in the battle wore only linen tunics, and no helmets of any
sought, any mail or any armour,
as they fought only hand to hand in the clearings, with their steel axes, short spears and
2 javelins, while the
Cambro - Normans had mail
armour, large pikes, long swords and the worst of all long distance
Welsh and Flemish archers.
Henry 11 the first Norman Plantagenet King of England
was by now well and truly
fearing Strongbow 11's
real
intentions and those of his Cambro - Norman Marcher Barons from
Wales
who were now in
Ireland, and he ordered all
of the
Cambro - Normans to return to
Briton
or lose their Estates there,
and he also refused to
allow any ship to sail to
Ireland
from
Briton,
Strongbow 11 the Cambro - Norman Baron, who was now free to roam were he liked in
Southern Leinster again, went off to Wexford
on the coast of Co. Wexford to relieve his uncle, Robert Fitz
Stephen, but he was to arrive too late as, Robert Fitz Stephen had previously thought that Dublin had
been taken by the Irish Septs and he had since agreed to
go back to Briton, and his men had given up their
arms, and the Vikings in Wexford had imprisoned him in the dungeon, and
threatened to kill him if Strongbow 11 attacked Wexford and Strongbow 11's position was now
tenuous there. Henry 11 the Norman English King now ordered him to physically return to Briton,
and on returning to the south of
Wales, he was to re - affirm his loyalty to
Henry 11, and also agreed to hand over all of the territories that he now had
control over in
Ireland, to him, and Henry 11
then granted him Southern Leinster
as a fief of the English monarchy and from this time on up to Henry V111 there
would be 78 more attempts by the English to confiscate
further
Irish
territory and transplant more Galls / foreigners in
Ireland.
October 16th - 18th:
Henry 11
the first Norman Plantagenet King of England
now seeking his best opportunity, landed on the east coast at Crook near
Waterford also in Co. Waterford
in the south - east of the Munster Province with
400 ships with 4,000
men on board, including 500 Norman knights and
1,000
archers and also light horsemen and with a force such as this he
quickly secured
the two Viking coastal townships of
Waterford, in Co. Waterford in the south -
east of Munster, and nearby Wexford in
Co. Wexford in the south - east
of Southern Leinster for himself, and also the coastal region in
between and received immediate submission and obedience from
Strongbow 11 to whom
he then granted him the territory he did not require in Southern Leinster,
keeping back control of the Viking coastal towns
there on the east coast for himself.
Reginald’s Tower in the City of
Waterford in Co. Waterford
was then also taken over by Strongbow 11, while the
Ostmen / Norse Vikings in Wexford
then sent off word to
Henry 11 that they had captured
Robert Fitz Stephen
and they would hand him over so he could punish him for disobeying his orders
and he was kept in chains until Henry 11 decided that it was the right time to
pardon him to keep up the front. Henry
11 later on
added Dublin and the Ostmen kingdom there to his
own personal confiscated territory, which was then mostly Co. Dublin and
Wicklow in Co. Wicklow
with
both also on the east coast in the south - east of
Southern
Leinster, and then did
a round of
Southern Leinster personally,
as far
south as Arklow.
and with such a strong military force
behind him
he soon received submission also from
Donnell Mac Carthy
the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil
King
of Southern Ireland /
Desmond
and other Irish
Chiefs there who gave over hostages
and agreed to pay an annual tribute to him.
110.Donnell
Mor
O Brian
the Heberian Dal gCais Ui
mBriain 47th King
of Cashel / Munster
also submitted
on the banks of the River Suir where he also handed over the Viking settlement
in Limerick in Co. Limerick, in the mid - north -
west of Munster to
him while his entourage was on their way to Cashel
in Co. Tipperary in the north - east
of
Munster.
Henry 11 then decided to return to
Dublin, in the north - east of
Southern
Leinster,
where he also received further submissions from the "aged"
113.Tiernan O
Rourke the Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne,
O Carroll the Heremonian
Dal Cuinn Colla
Da Crioch King
of Orghialla
/
Uriel / Oriel
in Southern Ulster and the north - east of
Northern Leinster,
and even *115.Rory O
Connor
himself the Heremonian
Ui Briuin Ai 183rd
King of Ireland
at the River Shannon. (Despite this the 2 Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
"northern"
Ui Niaill
Septs, the Cenel nEogain
Fine in the far north of
the Ulster Province, and their kinsmen the
Cenel Conaill Fine in the far north - west of Ulster
did not submit.
November 6th: Henry 11 called a Catholic Synod at the Rock of Cashel in Co.
Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster
Province where on being shown the forged Papal Bull, that he had previously secured,
which was based on a previous forged document, the Cambro - Normans and some
of the Catholic churchmen together with 6
of the Irish Chiefs took an Oath of Allegiance to serve him after he also
claimed to have come to Ireland to bring
peace and Laurence / Lorcan O
Toole who had become the first Irish
Catholic
Archbishop of Dublin in 1162 AD, (and would remain so until 1180 AD), on seeing the
Papal Bull gave him his allegiance also.
Henry
11 then
abolished the
Gaelic rituals of the Celtic Catholic Church and
installed those carried out in the Roman Catholic Church and
to add
to the pressure on the Irish
Septs the
English Archdeacon of Llanduff went out of his way to enlarge on what he considered were abuses
being carried out in the
Catholic Church in Ireland, which were solely made
out in
Henry
11's interest, and took his report off to the Pope
Callistus 111 in Rome to further
strengthen his case there to gain overall control
in
Ireland with his support.