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                                                                                                                                              1321 - 1330 AD

 

1321 AD  Cathal O Connor the 77th King of Connacht, the son of Donnell O Connor, destroyed the Rock of Loch Key.

     Niall O Hanlon / Ua hAnluain the Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Airthir Ui Niallain Clann Cernaich King of Aithir / Orior who had their territory at Oneilland East and West in Co. Armagh in the south - east of the Ulster Province was killed by the English Galls.

   Mac Feorais / de Bermingham the Norman English Baron and the Galls / foreigners set up in the kingdom of Meath in the south of Northern Leinster defeated the Gaelic Princes of Co. Offaly in their territory nearby in the north - west of Southern Leinster. 

    The Book of Innisfallen had been compiled up to this date from 944 AD in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province.

May: The Irish religious orders still refused to allow English Cistercian monks into Ireland.

1322 AD Gillibert / Gilla Brighde O Kelly the Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine King who had his territory in the south - east of the Connacht Province, died, as did Mulrooney Mac Dermot the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg who also had his territory in Connacht, and also the belligerent Mac Feorais / de Bermingham the Norman English Baron of Athenry who had his Estates in Co. Galway in Connacht .

 Brian Bane O Brian the Dal gCais Ui mBriain Tanaiste / heir apparent who had his territory in the east of Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province defeated the English Galls there.

      Edward 11 the Norman King of England at this time was also in great conflict with his own English Earls.

1323 AD Cairpre O Melaghlin / Mac Loughlin / Ua Maelsechlainn at this time was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain King of Meath / Midhe in the south of Northern Leinster. and Cormac O Melaghlin / Ua Maelsechlainn was to become the future Dal Cuinn Clan Cholmain King of Meath. Giolla Airuin O Casey who was the Erenagh of Cluan Da Rath / Clondra / Barony of Longford, died.

1324 AD Cathal O Connor, the son of Donnell O Connor, who was the 77th King of Connacht who had been King for 6 1/2 years, was killed  in Tir Briuin na Sinna, by Turlogh O Connor, the son of Aed O Connor, and 121.Turlogh O Connor was back in as the previous 76th King of Connacht.

    Donogh Mac Gilla Patrick, who was the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of the Leinster Province, died this year.

      Alice Kyteler was put on trial in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster by the English secular and ecclesiastical authorities for diabolism, invocation and sorcery, but she was still able to escape their vindictiness.

      William de Burgh / Burke the Norman English Baron built a Church at Athenry in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, which eventually became the main burial place for the de Burgh English Earls of Ulster, and for the main Gaelic aristocratic Irish Families in the west of Ireland but later on, during the Oliver Cromwell Invasion, his soldiers were to destroy all the monuments there.

     Overlooking  Loch Coumshingun in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province is Killmalloch / Cill Mocheallog in the Golden Vale, were there is a Round Tower attached to the old church of the Fitz Gerald Desmonds that was to be given by the English King, Edward 111, who would also give a Charter to the town, surrounded by walls and 4 gates, with only Blossom's Gate and some of the walls still in existence today. The Fitz Geralds of Desmond were to assist Edward III against the Scottii with their Gaelic Irish forces, and his 3 cousins were to be put in command under him at the Battle of Halidon Hill, and Edward III would knight them as the White Knight, the Black Knight and the Green Knight by the colour of their armour. The White Knights would be associated with Killmallock, with the last one being Edmond Fitz Gerald / Fitz Gibbon who was to die in 1608 AD and be interred in a tomb there at the Dominican Friary, which would be be sacked often under the Welsh English Tudors, while during the Oliver Cromwell Invasion his forces were to also destroy the fortifications there.

      The English authorities in Dublin Castle (the Devil's 1/2 acre) tried once again to introduce English friars into the Irish friaries in the west.    

       Arnold Power / Le Poer the Norman English appointed Seneschal in Kilkenny City brought forward much more anti - English feeling in the Dublin English Parliament against the English Catholic Bishop of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster who was calling the Irish "heretics" and excommunicating many people in Ireland.

1325 AD 117.Donnell O Niall the long serving Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone, died this year, who had been a son of 116.Brian Catha Duinn O Niall the previous Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone who had been killed in 1260 AD by John de Courcy the Anglo - Norman Marcher Baron in the Ulster Province, just as he had achieved his goal of combining all of the Gaelic Irish Septs to drive the English out of Ireland as possibly the last Gaelic Milesian 184th King of Ireland.

      Donnell 1st Mac Dunlevy / Mac Duinnshleibhe was the Heremonian Dal Fiatach King of Ulaid who had their territory now in Co. Antrim and Co. Down in the central - east of the Ulster Province.

     Thomas O Lynch the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Catholic Archdeacon of Cashel. died this as did Brian O Gara the Heberian Cianacht Chief of Coolavin.

1326  AD John Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald the English first Earl of Kildare this year rebuilt the castle of the Heberian Eoghanacht O Donovans on the Margue River in Co. Limerick in the north - west of the Munster Province.   

      Richard de Burgh / Burke the English Red Earl of Ulster, died this year, and was interred at Athassel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, and the castle that he had constructed at Ballymote in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province was now taken over by 121.Turlogh O Connor the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 76th King of Connacht  and later on it was also to be held by their Ui Briuin Ai Mac Dermot kinsmen, the Mac Donaghs, and then eventually by Aed Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Donnell the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King of Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal who had their main territory nearby also in the north - west of the Ulster Province. 

     England under Edward 11 the English Norman King was again at War with France.

1327 AD Southern Leinster now controlled by the English Anglo Norman Barons supported one of the Mac Murroghs who was elected the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig 60th King of Leinster, the first since the death of the infamous 113.Diamait Mac Murrough na Gall - of the Foreigners who had originally brought on the Anglo - Norman Invasion.

    Simon Purcell / Puirseil the English Sheriff of Kilkenny City in Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster was killed along with 20 others while fighting against the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla O Brennans there.

      Fergal O Hara was at this time the Heberian Cianacht Luigni King of Leyney in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

     Robert 1st" The Bruce" the Norman Gaelic King of Scotland, was in the Ulster Province again, and Robert Outlaw the English Chancellor in Ireland, was sent to the north to discuss the circumstances of this with any of those persons in Ulster whose loyalty to England was suspect. Only English Law was now allowed with no Irish Law in Ireland with the English March Law prescribed as to boundaries, but despite this the Brehon Law / Irish was still continued on by the Gaelic Irish and some members of the Old English / Anglo - Irish who had become "More Irish then the Irish."

      The Fitz Geralds who were the Anglo - Norman Geraldines, the de Bermingham the Anglo Norman Barons and their followers fought the Anglo - Norman Powers / Le Poer and the Anglo Norman de Burghs / Burkes, while other Anglo - Normans who were also involved were the Walls / de Valle, de St. Aubyns / Tobins and the Keatings / Ceitinn and this meant that the whole of Southern Leinster was now ablaze under their conflicts while Fitz Gerald the English first Earl of Desmond / Southern Munster now conducted open warfare against the English Government's authority in Ireland, with factions occurring around many of their different families. (An English jury was to find later on that Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald who was to be the first Earl of Desmond wanted to bring back ancient Gaelic Irish provincial kingdoms with himself as the High King).

     Edward 11 the Norman King of England, the son of Edward 1st, was now gone and his son. Edward 111 was in as the new Norman King of England and was a much stronger opponent.

1328 AD Maelsechlainn O Reilly the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne Muintir Mael Mordha Chief from their kingdom of East Breifne in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster died from the wounds inflicted on him by the English Galls who were set up in the nearby kingdom of Meath in the south of Northern Leinster.

     James Butler, the son of Edmund Butler, whose original male line ancestor in Ireland had been Theobold Fitz Walter -  the butler / le Buitleir to Prince John, was now appointed the English first Earl of Ormonde in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster by Edward 111 until 1337 AD and he expanded the territory of the Ormonde Earldom eastwards taking in Kilkenny City. At this time the Le Poers / Powers the Anglo - Norman Barons were in the south of Leinster Province with the other Anglo - Norman Barons, the de Barrys, the Roches, the Cogans, the Cantetons / Candons and the Purcells, while the Archbolds, Harolds, Lawlesses and Rochforts were in the Leinster Province also. The  Logans, the Mandevilles and the Savages who were also Anglo - Norman Barons were in the north in the Ulster Province, and the Tivyts, the Flemings and the Petits had their Estates in the O Melaghlins Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain kingdom of Meath / Midhe in the south of Northern Leinster, with the Anglo - Norman de Exeters and Barretts in the west in the Connacht Province. 

     The son of Cu Mara Mac Namara this year was killed in a contest against  Brian Bane O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais UI mBriain Tanaiste / heir apparent of Thomond / Northern Munster and 15.Murtogh O Brian was still the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Northern Munster / Thomond.

    William de Burgh / Burke, the son of Sir John de Burgh, the son of Richard de Burgh the Red Earl of Ulster, came to Ireland were he was to be known as the Brown Earl and in the meantime Walter de Burgh raided the Connacht Province and attacked 121.Turlogh O Connor the 76th King of Connacht's followers while Seon Mac Feorais / de Bermingham the English Earl of Louth was killed by his own English Galls in the kingdom of Orghialla / Oriel in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

     William de Burgh the English Earl of Ulster, supported by 121.Turlogh O Connor the 76th King of Connacht  and 115.Murtogh O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais King of Northern Munster / Thomond attacked Brian Bane O Brian the previous Dal gCais heir apparent who was able to defeat them, but Conor O Brian who was now the Ui mBriain Prince / Tanaiste was killed and Mac William de Burgh was also defeated by mac Donagh / mac Donnchada the son of Donagh Mac Dermot from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sept.

     John Darcy, who had been re - appointed the English Chief Governor in Ireland by Edward 111 the new Norman English King, demanded all Irish men should now have some status under English Law as Englishmen.

    Donogh Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Gara along with 5 members from his Heberian Cianacht Sept were killed and Dermod O Gara was to kill Teague O Connor. 

1329 AD The Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla O Brennans burnt Drumhythyr / Kilmadum the settlement of the English Galls in the Cantred of Oskelan. in their territory in the north- east of Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster,

   122.Teague O Connor, the son of 121.Turlogh O Connor the 76th King of Connacht, was killed and Cathal O Connor, the son of Aed O Connor, was driven out of the Faes and from Tir Maine by the O Kellys and their Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine Sept under the orders of William Burke.

   Cathal O Rourke, the son of Donnell O Rourke, who was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne who had their territory in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht was killed by the English Galls who were to come out of the kingdom of Meath nearby in the south of Northern Leinster. 

     Kerns (foot soldiers) belonging to John de Bermingham the English Earl of Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, who had his manor at Braganstown murdered a man at Ardee and the townspeople there not only killed his retainers, but pursued the rest to Braganstown where the Earl refused to hand them over, so they also murdered him and his brother and 8 other of his kinsmen and this was despite the fact that Talbot / Talboid, who was another of the English Norman Barons, and 12 others from the English Gentry along with 150 others where staying there at the time.

      Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald was officially appointed the English first Earl of Desmond / Southern Munster by Edward 111 the new Norman English King.

1330 AD 121.Turlogh O Connor the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai 76th King of Connacht attacked Walter de Burgh, the son of William de Burgh who was in in the Mac Dermots kingdom of Moylurg in the Connacht Province and drove him out of the territory there, and Gillibert Mac Goisdealbh / Costello, the English Earl of Sliabh Luga and mac Donagh / Mac Donnchadha from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sept of the Mac Dermots, came to his assistance and 121.Turlogh O Connor was able to return to his own territory in Connacht but Walter mac William then took a great army into Connacht and was rto kill 121.Turlogh O Connor and seize control over the Kingship of Connacht.

    Another Norman English Parliament was held in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster and a Gall / foreign army was assembled with the intention of driving Brian Bane O Brian the previous Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain Tanaiste / heir apparent from Urkuffs near Cashel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province. To further this purpose Walter de Bermingham along with another member of the de Bermingham family were created English knights by Walter de Burgh / Burke the English Earl of Ulster in a camp near Moyalby, Richard de la Rokel and Gilbert de Bermingham were also created English knights by Sir Walter de Burgh, Edmund le Buitleir / Butler, Robert Travers and Patrick Travers were created English knights also by James Butler the first English Earl of Ormonde, John de St. Aubyn / Tobin and John Monsell were also created English knights by Sir William de Bermingham 

     Gilla Iosa Ruadh - of Red Complexion O Reilly the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui BriuinBreifne Muintir Maelmordha King of East Breifne died, who had his territory in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster, and he would be followed into this position by Art O Reilly.

     An English Ordinance was put forward in Ireland that all free Irish men should have available to them the rights of English Law, but due to the never b- ending oppression and confiscations it was all too late as the Gaelic Irish were still very committed to the Irish Brehon Law and there was also still a majority Gaelic Irish population.

March: Edward 111 the Norman English KIng imposed English Law in Ireland this time with heavy burdens on the majority Gaelic Irish population, and Richard Fitz Ralph who was now the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh denounced it as the Law of the Devil. Edward 111 the Norman English King sent over Anthony de Lacy to be the newly appointed  English Justiciar in Ireland to undo whatever Roger Mortimer had previously done, and to restore English authority in Ireland, and also to attack Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald the English first Earl of Desmond, and also arrest any of the lower Norman English Barons. Among these were Henry de Mandeville, Walter de Burgh and Walter de Bermingham, and also William de Bermingham who would be eventually executed in July; 1332 AD. This severe direct action was to really shock the Anglo - Irish / Old English and this then led to no more casual treason being carried out by them as regards the English cause in Ireland.

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