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                                                                                                                                                    1391 - 1398 AD 

 

1391 AD This year, the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne O Rourkes of West Breifne in the Connacht Province and their kinsmen the O Reillys of East Breifne made peace at Drumlane.

     Donnell Mac Carthy the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil King of Desmond / Southern Munster, who had his territory in Co. Kerry, in the south - west of the Munster Province, died this year. 

    The English Countess of Desmond, who was the daughter of James Butler the second Earl of Ormonde, and the wife of Gerald Fitz Gerald the third Earl of Desmond, died. 

     The English Spencers were to sell their Estates in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster to James Butler who was now the third English Earl of Ormonde, who also received Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny, where the Norman English Parliaments were to be continued to be held in the 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries AD and where he was to move his stronghold to after buying the Manor there and then built Kilkenny Castle at Gowran / Gabhran (The Place of Horses) there also, where the original Anglo Norman Parliaments had been held. From now on It was to be the chief seat of the Butlers until 1936 and previously it was the fortress of the Mac Gilla Patrick / Fitz Patrick Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Kings of Ossory.) After the death of of Richard de Clare / Strongbow 11, the original overall leader of the Anglo - Norman Invasion, who had the confiscated the territories of the Gaelic Irish Septs in Southern Leinster granted to him by Henry 11 the first Scandinavian Norman Plantagenet King of England. (They had later been split up by the English in the late 12th Century AD). They had then passed into the hands of Theobold Fitz Walter / Le Buitleir - the butler of John "Lackland," the son of Henry 11, who had become the third Norman Plantagenet English King after his brother Richard 1st. (Theobold Fitz Walter had been the original direct male line ancestor of James Butler the first English Earl of Ormonde).

      The Book of Ballymote, that was compiled at the Ballymote friary situated to the east of Kesh in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province (that is now only a ruin), was composed of 500 pages of Gaelic Irish genealogy and Gaelic Irish history, which included the key to the Ogham writing of the Scythian Nemedian Tuatha da Danann Sept. It had been continued on from the Book of Leinster, in which the entries had concluded in 1130 AD. It was originally purchased by the O Connell Family for 140 Cows, to endeavour to preserve it, and it can now also be found in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin in Southern Leinster. It contains the lineage of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlogh Ui mBriain Septs of Thomond / Northern Munster with pedigrees up to the time of Brian Catha an Aengagh - of the Battle of Nenagh O Brian, the Ui mBriain King, who would be killed in 1399 AD.

1392 AD 119.Niall O Niall the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone and Ulster attacked the English Galls who were set up nearby at Dundalk / Dun Dealgan / Dealgan's Fort in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster.

      Enri Aimreid O Niall, a son of 119.Niall Mot - the Greater was now the overall Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill King over the Dal Fiatach of Ulaid territory in Co. Antrim and Co. Down in the east of the Ulster Province.

      William O Kelly the Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine King who had his territory in Co. Galway and nearby near Athlone in Co. Roscommon in the  south - east of the Connacht Province would now support Felim O Connor's dynasty in the Connacht Province.

      The English Earl of Gloucester was given 34,000 marks.

1393 AD Aed Mac Dermot / Aodh mac Diarmada was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc who had his territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province, and he would be followed in this position by Mulrooney / Mael Ruanaid Mac Dermot.)  

      Manus / Magnus (Norse) O Hara was now the Heberian Cianachta Luigni King who had his territory in their kingdom of Leyney in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.  

    Brian O Kelly was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Ui Maine King who had his territory in the east of Co. Galway and nearby near Athlone in Co. Roscommon in the east of Connacht.

   120.Enri Aimreid O Niall, a son of 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niall, the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone and Ulster who had their Sept's main territory in Central Ulster, died.  

1394 AD England and France made peace this year, and Richard 11 who was to be the last Norman Plantagenet English King, landed in Ireland with a a massive Military contingent of 34,000 men, and with such a force the Gaelic Irish Princes / Tanaistes gave him no real trouble and he received the homage of the the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlogh Ui mBriain O Brians of Thomond / Northern Munster, and the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Mac Murroghs of Southern Leinster at Christ Church / Holy Trinity Cathedral in Dublin in the English Pale in the north - east of Southern Leinster, and he gave them all an English knighthood for their submission. 

1395 AD During January - February this year, "The Mac Murrogh," "The O Byrne," "The O More," "The O Toole," and "The O Nolan" the Heremonian Ui Felim King of Foherta, and other leading Gaelic Irish Chiefs in Southern Leinster also submitted to Richard 11 the English King and "The Mac Murrogh," who was married to an Anglo - Irish wife was confirmed in his possessions and also given an English knighthood while Noragh O Byrne was also confirmed in his territory in Co. Wicklow, and his kinsman, "The O Toole" was given permission to continue to trade with the Anglo - Irish towns in Southern Leinster.

February: Richard 11 the Norman King of England informed the English Parliament that the Gaelic Irish people were only rebels because of the wrongs that had been done to them in the past, and of a lack of any remedy, and that there were actually 3 classes in Ireland, the English, the Irish Rebels, and the Wild Irish / Mere Irish, which included "The O Donnell" the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King, who had his territory in Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province, who had not submitted also. From this date the use of the term King / Ri for the Celtic Gaelic Irish was to be dropped in Ireland, and Mac Carthy the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil King of Desmond / Southern Munster became known now as "The Mc Carthy Mor" - the Greater.

March: The Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Mac Carthys and certain other Gaelic Irish Chiefs also submitted in the Munster Province. "The O Niall," " The O Brian" and "The O Connor Faly" were also given English knighthoods for their submission to Richard 11 the English King and 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone also wrote and requested that Richard 11 act as a shield between him and Richard de Burgh / Burke who was now the English Earl of Ulster. Many of the Gaelic Irish Chiefs agreed that the past rebellions were mainly due to the individual actions of the greedy Old English / Anglo - Irish Barons, including "The O Connor Faly" the Heremonian Cu Corb Chief who had his territory in Co. Offaly in the north west of Southern Leinster. Richard 11 received further submissions in Latin from 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niall and 3 other Gaelic Irish Princes / Tanaistes from the Leinster Province and the Ulster Province at the Dominican Friary of St. Mary Magdalene's Church at Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster. (At this time also, Thomas Owghren, Jonathon Pado and John Pado, were also created English knights).

      "The O Donnell" the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King of Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province, "The Maguire" the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch King who had his territory in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of Ulster, and the Gaelic Kings in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province, and the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai O Connor Kings of Connacht did not submit and as soon as Richard 11 left the shores of Ireland, with his massive English Military force, it was back to business as usual for the Gaelic Irish Septs as they continued on with their attacks on the English Galls who had now had their many vast Estates throughout Ireland.

November: Richard 11 the Norman King of England replied to 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone who had his territory in the Ulster Province, and invited him personally to visit Westminster in England.

1396 AD February: Donogh O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Thomond / Northern Munster visited England and was granted 80 marks per annum as an Irish Captain.

August: Donogh O Brian returned to England with Thomas Kavanagh from the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig Sept who represented "The Mac Murrogh" the King of Leinster in the south - east of Southern Leinster and 10 other Gaelic Irish Chiefs there.

December: O Carroll the Heberian Cianacht King of Ely who had his territory in the north - east of the Munster Province and nearby Co. Offaly also visited England and accompanied Richard 11, the Norman English King to Calais in France, and it was crucial now that Gerald Fitz Gerald the third English appointed Earl of Desmond / Southern Munster, and James Butler the third English Earl of Ormonde in Co. Kilkenny in Southern Leinster should play their part in the scheme of things but instead they only took this opportunity to bolster their own individual positions at the expense of the Gaelic Irish Chiefs and a great opportunity was now to be lost for the overall benefit of everyone in Ireland.

     Edmund Mortimer the English Earl of March, who Richard 11 had appointed English Viceroy in Ireland) for some reason only known to him, took the opportunity because of his position to besiege Co. Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster were he defeated the defending Gaelic Milesian Irian O Farrells / O Ferrells there, and also the O Reillys' territory nearby in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster who were the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne Kings of East Breifne. For no reason at all he also attacked 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niaill the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Ulster, and was accompanied also on this expedition by James Butler the third English Earl of Ormonde, and Gerald Fitz Gerald the third English Earl of Kildare and many other Norman English Barons. Slowly rebellion in Ireland was to return being stirred on by the English Gall's personal ambitions once again and their individual opportunism.

1397 AD 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niall the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone and Ulster abdicated his position and his son, 120.Niall Og - the Younger O Niall was to become the new Cenel nEogain King in the north of the Ulster Province until 1403 AD.

     Rebellion was now the order of the day throughout Ireland, especially in Southern Leinster, which was in an outright state of war, but Richard 11 the Norman English King had to cancel a further expedition to Ireland to try and sought out the problems, and Christopher Preston, John Bedlow, Edmund Loundres, John Loundres, William Nugent, Walter de la Hyde and Robert Caddell were all created further English knights by Edmund Mortimer the Earl of March the English Lord Lieutenant in Ireland, (These honours were granted by him for having also successfully carried out an attack on the nearby territory of the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians in Thomond / Northern Munster.      

1398 AD 119.Niall Mor - the Greater O Niall the previous Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone and Ulster, died this year, and his son, 120.Niaill Og - the Younger O Niall who was now the Cenel Eogain King besieged Mullashee (The Mound of Aed) of his northern kinsmen, the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill, above the waterfall at Assaroe / Es Aeda Ruaid in Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in their territory in the  west of the Ulster Province to try and express his overall authority in Ulster.

 

        Niall Og / Oc - the Younger Mac Dunlevy ? was the Heremonian Dal Fiatach King of Ulaid in Co. Antrim and Co. Down in the east of the Ulster Province. 

    Maelsechlainn O More / Ua Mordha who was the Gaelic Milesian Irian Ui Laoighis King in their territory in Co. Laois / Leix in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster, died this year.

    Rory / Ruaidri was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc in their territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province. 

    Art mac Airt was the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig King of Leinster.  

    Mulrooney / Mael Ruanaid was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Tir nAililla (The Land of 90.Ailill) in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

    "The Mac Carthy Cairprech" defeated "The O Sullivan Mor" - the Greater and "The O Sullivan Mael" and 2 sons of "The O Sullivan Mor, Eogan O Sullivan and Conor O Sullivan were killed and also the son of O Sullivan Buidhe  - of the Yellow Hair along with may others in Southern Munster.

    Gerald Fitz Gerald the third English Earl of Desmond, died, who was a poet, and his successor ? Fitz Gerald became the fourth English Earl of Desmond who was to mysteriously disappear while living in the castle beside Loch Gur in Co. Limerick in the north - west of the Munster Province and a legend then grew up in that district that every 7 years at Loch Gur his spirit and his knights were to be seen galloping around the surface there until the silver shoes of their horses were worn out. The Anglo - Norman Fitz Geralds at this time were by now mainly in control of Desmond / Southern Ireland, while the O Nialls and the O Donnells, from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Septs still controlled the territory in the Ulster Province.

July: The ferocious Heremonian Cu Corb O Byrnes and O Tooles, who were the Ui Dunlainge Chiefs in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster, now go on the attack against the English Galls with a fury, and manage to kill the instigator of all the recent troubles, Edmund Mortimer the Younger the English Earl of March, who was the English Viceroy in Ireland, for Richard 11 the Norman King of England with the battle occurring at Kellistown / Callan in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster and because of this Richard 11 swears all out revenge against the Gaelic Irish and rebellion then only spread further in Ireland.  

    Thomas Burke the English Baron who was now in control of the English Galls in the Connacht Province, and Turlogh O Connor besieged the territory in Tirerril there while Mac William Burke the English Baron also attacked Sligo in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province and burnt it, while other English Galls burnt Glendalough / Gleann Da Loch (The Valley of the Two Lakes) in Co. Wicklow again, in Southern Leinster.

   The English Earl of Surrey was given 11,500 marks per annum, but the English Gall plantations only continued to deteriorate to the Irish foothills, with protection money now being paid to the various Gaelic Irish Septs themselves by the introduced English planters.

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