1501 - 1510 AD
1501 AD Sligo Castle in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province was now taken over by the sons of Rory O Connor.
1503 AD The
present
Pope revoked
Alexander
VI's
previous
Bull of
1497 AD that banned the Catholic
Gaelic Irish and Anglo - Irish pilgrimages to
St. Patrick's Purgatory
on
Station Island
in
Co. Donegal in the west of
the
Ulster Province.
1504 AD
Henry V11 the
Welsh Tudor English Usurper King had
Sir
Leonard Grey carry out a
wide spread savage campaign in Ireland against
the Gaelic Irish Septs of the
Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai
Ui Conchbhair
O Connors who had their kingdom and territory in the Connacht
Province,
the
Heberian Cianachta O Carrolls
of
Ely who had their kingdom
and territory in
the south of
Co. Offaly
in the north - west of
Southern Leinster and the
north of
Co. Tipperary in the north -
east of the
Munster Province,
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern"
Ui Niaill
Mac Geoghegans
who had their territory
in the
O Melaghlins Dal Cuinn
"southern"
Ui Niaill
Clann Cholmain's kingdom of
Meath
in
Northern Leinster,
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Ui Maille
O Malleys who had their kingdom and territory in
Co. Mayo
in the mid - west of the
Connacht Province,
the
Heremonian
Cu Corb
Ui Dunlainge
O Tooles who had their kingdom and territory in the south - east of
Southern Leinster,
and
the
Heberian Dal
gCais Ui Bloid Ui mBriain O Brians
who had their kingdom and territory in
Thomond / Northern Munster.
Conor
Mac Dermot
was now the Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin
Ai
Siol Muireadhach
/ Sil Murray King
of
Moylurg / Mag Luirc
who had
their kingdom and territory in Co.
Roscommon
in
the east of the Connacht
Province.
The Battle of Knockdoe occurred when Gerald Fitz
Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare, who was now the Deputy
to the English Viceroy, with English Galls and Gaels
from Southern Leinster and Leth Cuinn
/ Northern Leinster
attacked the Clan Rickarde. Mac William Burke the Anglo
- Irish Earl
in
Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the
Munster Province asked
Turlogh
Don
- of Brown Complexion O Brian
the Heberian Dal gCais
Chief with his
Dalcassians,
Mulroney O Carroll
the
Heberian Cianachta Chief
of
Ely and many more from the
Ormond Septs
in
Co. Tipperary
to assist him against his
foreign Gall enemies.
They went into battle at
Knockdoe
8 miles west of
Galway
in Co. Galway in
Southern Connacht were the Earl of
Kildare was the victor, and 2,000 of
the Gaelic Irish
warriors of
Ormond
were killed, and once again this only played further into the hands of the English
authorities in Ireland, by further weakening the overall strength of the
various Septs.
During
this period the
settlers from
Scotland who were in
1505 AD
Aed
Ruadh
- of Red Complex
O Donnell "The O Donnell,"
the son of Niall Garb
- the Rough O
Donnell, who
was the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn
"northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel Conaill King
who had his
kingdom and main territory in
Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal
in the west of the
Ulster Province, died, after
ruling for 44 years
and his son,
Aed Dub Og
- the Younger of Dark Complexion
O Donnell
was
in as their new King and they had begun
the construction of the
The
Welsh Tudor English Usurper King Henry
V11 appointed Piers Butler,
the English first Earl of
Ossory
and the eighth English Earl of
Ormonde, who was to have his main Estates in Co. Kilkenny
in the south - west of Southern Leinster until
1539 AD, who was a
great - great - grandson of
James
Butler the previous third English Earl of Ormonde,
1506 A monument was erected in the
Sligo Abbey in
Co. Sligo in
the north - west of the Connacht Province to
Cormac O Craian and his
wife,
Aecca, who had
recently died and
were interred there.
1508 AD Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth English Earl of Kildare with English Military forces captured the city of Cork in Co. Cork in Southern Munster for Henry V11 the Welsh Tudor Usurper English King, and then advanced onto the city of Limerick in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province to attack the O Brians and their Heberian Dal gCais Septs in their kingdom of Thomond / Northern Munste and the Dalcassians were waiting on the western side of the River Shannon in Co. Clare observing their every move and were well aware of the impending attack that was soon to occur on them. The Mac Namaras who where the Dal gCais Ui Caisin Lord Marshalls for the O Brians were backed up by Mac William Burke the English Earl of Clan Rickarde with his entire forces as Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald the eighth Earl of Kildare with his English forces had already destroyed the bridge near Portoroise across the River Shannon at Castle Connell on the boundary with Co. Clare, so instead of waiting for the English to attack the Dalcassians went on the offensive instead. They crossed the other bridge to the north - east at Killaloe and proceeded down the eastern bank of the River Shannon to take the English head on and this forced Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald and his English forces to withdraw further south, back down towards Limerick, where the battle was to continue all day. The English and their allies were eventually defeated and Gerald Mor Fitz Gerald, nor his son Garrett Fitz Gerald who was to follow after him in the service of England, were never ever to attack Co. Clare again.
Margaret O Rourke from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of West Breifne, who was the wife of Eogan O Rourke, rebuilt the Franciscan Creevelea friary in Co. Roscommon - Co. Leitrim in the Connacht Province, situated on the River Bonet, (which still exists today, although a ruin without its roof) and it was to be the last Franciscan friary to be built before the confiscations and destruction of the Irish Catholic Institutions, which were to come under Henry V111 the future Welsh Tudor King of England..
A
memorial to James Shortall,
who was descended from the original Soirteil / Seartal family who had arrived
in Ireland in the 13th Century AD, whose family had
also become "More Irish then the Irish," was constructed by
O Tunney at
St. Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny in
Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of
Southern Leinster. (It is still there
to be seen today).
1509 AD Donnell O Niall, the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King who had his kingdom and territory in Tir Eogain / Tyrone in the Ulster Province, died, and Art O Niall, the son of Aed O Niall became their new King.
Eogan O Niall, the son of Conn O Niall, the son of Aed Bhuidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall, also died this year.
Art O Niall, the son of Conn O Niall, the son of Enri O Niall, the son of Eogan O Niall was captured by Art O Niall, the son of Niall O Niall, the son of Art O Niall and handed over to Aed Dubh Og - the Younger of Dark Complexion O Donnell.
Henry V11, the Usurper who was the first Welsh Tudor English King, died, and his second son became, Henry VIII the second Welsh Tudor King of England and married Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the King and Queen of Spain, after seeking a dispensation from Pope Julius 11, as she had been the young widow of Arthur his older juvenile brother who had previously died when he was only 16 year old and Henry V111 was 11 years old as his father, Henry V11 had kept her in England after Arthur's death for this specific purpose. Henry V111 would reign until 1547 AD doing untold damage to the future generations of the World including the murder of 72,000 innocent souls while trying to bring about his "conversions" to his Ascendancy Church of England.
1510 AD Turlogh O Donnell "The O Donnell" was now the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King who had their Kingdom and main territory in Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell / Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province.
Sean O Reilly, the son of Cathal O Reilly from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne kingdom of East Breifne who had their kingdom and territory in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster, died this year.
Aed Dubh Og O Donnell, the son of Aed Ruad - of Red Complexion O Donnell, the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King went to Rome
Turlogh Don - of Brown Complexion O Brian "The O Brian" was to be the Heberian Dal gCais King of Thomond / Northern Munster until 1522 AD.
Gerald Fitz Gerald the eighth English Earl of Kildare, took a
great army composed of English Galls and
his Irish
allies from
the
Leinster Province into the Munster
Province and built a castle at Carrig Kittle
against the Gaelic Irish
Septs
there in Munster, and "The O Donnell"
followed him with a small force through the O
Melaghlins Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Niaill
Clann Cholmain kingdom of
Meath in Northern Leinster and then
went westwards into
Munster, where he joined him there, raiding into Duhallow taking the
Kanturk Castle and plundering the surrounding country side. They then went into
Desmond / Southern Munster
and took the Pallis
Castle and the castle at Castlemaine situated at the head of Dingle Bay, and
returned to the city of Limerick. James
Fitz Gerald,
the son of Fitz Gerald the
English
Earl of Desmond