1541 - 1550 AD
1541 AD June 26th: Sir Anthony St. Ledger the English appointed Lord Lieutenant in Ireland for Henry V111 had him also declared the King of Ireland by the Ascendancy in the Anglo - Irish Parliament, instead of the original position of Lordship granted to his predecessors previously by the Pope and he also re - instigated the penalties under Poyning's Irish Penal Laws against the whole of the Irish population including the Old English / Anglo - Irish and began a campaign to totally take over Ireland for Henry V111 after he had been able to dupe the Anglo - Irish Parliament into accepting his claim to hand over Ireland to the English Crown. To bring this about he had agreed to all their grievances, but had no intention of doing anything about them, while behind the scene he carefully bribed those among the Lords who were committed "survivors" who are always willing to capitulate in their own personal interests and then dismissed the Anglo - Irish Parliament altogether for another 13 years.
In anticipation of his personal agenda coming to fruition, during the previous 20 years Henry V111 had abolished all Irish land tenure and had also tried to do away with all traces of the Irish Brehon Law by putting false claimants in to the Irish kingdoms and territories, who where then supported with English Military forces while the Gaelic Irish Chieftain of each Tuath (Family region) was either to be expelled from their territory, or forced to yield their territory over to the English Crown, although it was never in their power to personally to do so under Irish Brehon Law. If the Irish Sept who actually owned the territory refused his illegal bargain, then English Military forces were sent in to hang, burn and shoot the Irish "Rebels," while he also used "exile" as another way to bring about vacant waste Irish territory for further English confiscation, and push the Irish Septs out of their original territories altogether, ensuring all the profits from these ongoing takeovers finished up with him. He also gave the Harp of *105.Brian Boru, who had been the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid U Turlogh 175th High King of Ireland, to Mac William - Burke the English Earl of Clann Rickarde together with The Book of Kells, and had Clonfert monastery in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht burnt down, and the 3,000 Franciscan monks who were in residence there driven out. Although Quin Abbey in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province was also to be among the many suppressed, the Franciscan monks there were to continue to stay in the area for many Centuries to come, with John Hogan to be the last one, who when he died was interred there in the Abbey in the 19th Century AD.
Magnus O Donnell the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King who had his kingdom and territory in the north - west of the Ulster Province met with Sir Anthony Ledger the English appointed Justicar in Ireland at Cavan in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster where he entered an alliance with him to create peace, and also took an army to meet up with Sir Anthony Leger in the kingdom and territory of the Dal Cuinn Cenel nEogain in Tyrone / Tir Eogain, and devastated the territory there and also went into Co. Fermanagh where he devastated Cuil na nOirer in Upper Loch Erne at Coole and attacked the region in the west of Lower Loch Erne there ravaging it as far as Enniskillen where he also demolished the castle there.
Donnell O Donnell, who was alos a son of Niall Garb - the Rough O Donnell, and a brother to Magnus O Donnell, was killed by O Boyle while he was assisting Turlogh O Boyle against his brother in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province.
Rory Mac Quillan, the son of Walter Mac Quillan, the Anglo Norman Baron, in the north - east of the Ulster Province, defeated the sons of Aed Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Niall / Clannaboye, and Angus Mac Sweeney was killed and also many of the galloglasses / mercenaries from Tyrconnell / Tir Conaill, and many of the Clann Donnell galloglasses, along with quiet a few of the Irish warriors on from sides but later with a large army of followers he was also able to kill Conn O Niall and Donnell O Niall, the sons of Aed O Niall.
1542 AD Magnus O Donnell the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King feeling more secure in his position raided Lower Connacht again, while his sons, Calbhach O Donnell and Aed O Donnell along with their Cenel Conaill kinsman "The O Doherty" went ahead to Ballymote and seized a large quantity of booty from there and then returned home, and Mac Donagh the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Chief from Lower Connacht and others from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Mac Donnchadha Sept came to submit and to secure his father's position even more also among the "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill Sept, Calbhach O Donnell also raided the descendants of Aed Ballach O Donnell, the son of Donnell O Donnell. Magnus O Donnell and Brian O Rourke, the son of Eogan O Rourke the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne King of West Breifne now combined their forces and attacked the English held territory at Route in the north - east of the Ulster Province, and divided their followers at the River Bann where Rory Mac Quillan the Anglo Norman Baron with his English forces was waiting for them on the other side. They crossed over the River Bann totally disregarding Rory Mac Quillan and the English Galls, and instead sent out raiding parties, and were to capture so much booty there that Rory mac Quillan came and offered them exchanges, and made peace. Rory Mac Quillan then decided to raid the territory of the O Canesc / Kanes / O Cahans who were the Dal Cuinn Chiefs of the northern Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept there in north - east of Ulster also, and Magnus O Cane / Kane went after him with mercenaries from the Clann Sweeney, who were descended from Rory Mac Sweeney, and they were able to defeat Rory Mac Quillan along with his Scottish supporters there and many were killed, including the son of Alasdair Carrach Mac Donnell, while Rory Mac Quillan was barely able to escape unharmed. Rory Mac Quillan then attacked Magnus O Cane / Kane again, with the English forces in his contingent who were under Sir William Brabazon who was able to take O Cane's / Kane's castle at Limavady where he slaughtered the whole garrison there, which made Rory Mac Quillan victorious on this occasion. Rory Mac Quillan then summoned the Mac Sweeney galloglasses to join forces with him, but while they were involved in coming to some type of agreement, Rory Mac Quillan and Alasdair Carrach Mac Donnell attacked the Clann Sweeney mercenaries as they were leaving them at Killigmost.
Magnus O Donnell the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King raided Lower Connacht once again, and the Chiefs there in Connacht submitted to him again and he then left the region, but soon after Ulick na Cenn Mac William the Anglo - Norman Baron from the Clann Rickarde, who was the son of Richard Burke, along with David Mac William Burke the son of Ulick Burke, also raided Lower Connacht and took Ballyoughter off of the O Flanagans, and then with Mac Dermot from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai they went on and took hostages back to Clann Rickarde, including the Mac Sweeneys. A week later, Mael Muire Mac Sweeney himself was killed, and the Mac Sweeneys were banished and their fortresses demolished, with many of them also being killed and Calbhach O Donnell the son of Magnus O Donnell, went to meet Sir Anthony St. Ledger the English Justicar and made peace with him personally while in the meantime, Magnus O Donnell in a further play of goodwill was to give the territories at Toorah and Lurg in the Connacht Province to Sean Maguire, the son of Cu Chonnacht Maguire from the Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Sept, who then submitted to him also as his overlord.
Brian 111 O Niall who was now "The O Niall" was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain King of Tyrone / Tir nEogain in Central Ulster Province, and he would be followed into this position by Felim / Fedelmid O Niall.
Turlogh O Connor Roe / Ruadh, the son of Teague Buidhe - of the Yellow Hair O Connor, from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai in the Connacht Province was taken prisoner by Rory Mac Dermot from the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai Sept.
The
Heberian Dal gCais Sept in the kingdom of Thomond / Northern Munster
had held
to their independence as Gaelic Milesians until
the coming of
121.Murrogh O Brian, the third son of
120.Turlogh Don O Brian,
who
had dispossessed his brother and then submitted to
Henry
V111,
abandoning his
Dalcassian people altogether to become a "survivor"
when he was to be appointed the first
English Earl of Thomond and first English Baron of Inchiquin with
300
pages of history from this period in Northern Munster to be found in
John
O
Donovans records of the "Annals of the 4 Masters." Parts of the
Book of
Munster are also to be found in
the Book of Leinster,
the
Book of Ballymote and the
Book of
Lecan
Bereans,
from the "southern"
Gaelic
Milesian Heberians to
*105.Brian
Boru’s time, with details of the
disputes between the
Heberian Eoghanachta
Septs
and the
Heberian Dal gCais
Septs.
All of the territories of the
Irish Catholic Institutions together with
their
monasteries and friaries were
now confiscated by Henry V111 and
given to
English conformist nobles,
including the Ballintober Abbey
in Co. Mayo
in the mid - west of the Connacht
Province,
which was to be among those
originally suppressed by
Henry
VIII, but the priests there were still able,
to somehow, continue on to say their
Catholic Mass there for Centuries ahead and St.
Patrick's Church in
Dublin, which had been also previously taken
over under the edicts of
Henry
VIII and turned into a
Church of England
/ Ireland building was now made into a Deanery.
Richard
Burke
/ de Burgh the
English Red Earl of Ulster was given
the
Clare Galway Franciscan Friary
in
Co. Galway
in Southern Connacht after it was also
confiscated and suppressed and this is were he
was to be personally interred when he was to die later on and the Cong
Abbey in Co.
Mayo was
confiscated and suppressed and the Abbot
there was also physically forced to lead all of his monks out
of there.
July 1st:
121.Murrogh
O Brian
became the
newly appointed first English
Earl of Thomond and the
English appointed first Baron of Inchiquin, while his nephew,
122.Donogh O Brian
became the English
appointed Baron of Ibricken,
and
Sheeda / Sioda
Mac
Namara the Heberian Dal gCais
Ui Caisin Lord
Marshall was created an
English knight, and the territory,
(which in reality
belonged to all of the
Dalcassian
people there) was then granted personally to them as individuals under
serfdom with
an
English title.
124.Conn
Bacach
O Niall
who was now
"The O Niall,"
from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept had also accepted the
re - grant of his own Septs' Irish
territory personally to himself when he met with Henry
V111 who had also made him the first English Earl of Tyrone,
and also had him give up the title of "The O Niall" as a style
and this
decision was to upset
many of the Cenel nEogain O Nialls, and a struggle
began over who would be his successor, which included his younger legitimate son,
125.Shane
O Niall - the
Proud who was totally
Irish in his outlook who would turn out to
be "England's Greatest Fear."
124.Conn
Bacach O Niall,
was a son of
123.Conn
Mor
- the Greater O Niall,
while
his brother,
124.Art O Niall was
to be the
father of
125.Turlogh
Luineach O Niall
who later on was to also become "The O Niall"
with the assistance of the
English authorities in the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre), who would
later die in
1595 AD.
124.Conn
Bacach O
Niall was
also to be the father of
125.Ferdoragh
/
an Fear Dorcha O Niall,
who was an older illegitimate son who would die in
1558 AD,
who was a half
- brother to 125.Shane O Niall),
as his mother had been the
smith’s wife, and he in turn would become the father of 2 sons, 126.Brian O Niall who would be executed in
1562 AD, and
126.Aed Dubh / Black Hugh O Niall
who
would later on become the
first appointed English Earl of Dungannon,
and the second English Earl of Tyrone, and
eventually also
"The O Niall" in
his own right when he was to come to realise his true herritage and what was
really going on.
127.Rois
his daughter
was to be from his first wife, while of his sons, 127.Aed
O Niall was to die in
1609 AD who was a son of
Siobhan O Donnell his
second wife, and also of
127.Henry O Niall who was
also her son, who
was to die in
1611 AD.
125.Shane O Niall
- the Proud, who was to be his uncle, was to become the father also of
a
127.Henry O Niall who was to die in 1622
AD,
while from
Catherine Mac Lean, 125.Shane O
Niall
was to produce
126.Aed
Gavelach
O Niall
who would die in 1590
AD
and 126.Art
O Niall who would die in
1592 AD in the reign of Elizabeth 1st who
would create 6 rebellions in Ireland
due to her continuing oppression of "All things Irish and
Catholic."
1543 AD Mael Muire Mac Sweeney the son of Donnell Og - the Younger Mac Sweeney, was killed by the sons of Turlogh Mac Sweeney Fanad.
Sean Maguire, along with Rory O Donnell and Nechtan O Donnell the sons of "The O Donnell," plundered the kingdom of Dartry, where Nechtan O Donnell was killed and as Sean Maguire was in conflict again, "The O Donnell" was able to settle the dispute.
Magnus O Donnell went to attend a Council meeting taking his brothers, Eicnechan O Donnell and Donogh Cairbreach O Donnell who had since been held in captivity for a long time, and on reconciliation with Sir Anthony St. Ledger the English appointed Justicar in Ireland, Conn O Donnell, Magnus O Donnell's brother who had been in custody also for a long time with the English / Sasanach was to also able to return home safely.
Lifford Castle was seized by Cahir / Cathair O Gallagher and the descendants of Aed O Gallagher who were also from the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill who expelled Magnus O Donnell's servants and Magnus O Donnell and his son, Calbhach O Donnell went out and came up against them and many were killed and there was also conflict among the Cenel Conaill O Dohertys, so Magnus O Donnell his followers and went up against them taking hostages for the previous killings while in the meantime O Doherty captured Cahir O Gallagher and gave him up to Magnus O Donnell who had also previously captured Turlogh O Gallagher, and he took them both to Lifford Castle, but the O Gallaghers still would not surrender the castle up to them.
Castle Gregory was constructed and named after Gregory Hoar / Hoare / Hore who was a subordinate of the Fitz Gerald English Earls of Desmond, and itwas situated near Loch Gill (The Lake of Brightness) in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province.
Ulick na gCenn Mac William the English Baron from the Clann Rickarde, died, and the family were once again in conflict, until Ulick, the son of Richard Og Mac William was proclaimed "The Mac William" in opposition to Thomas William Mac William, the son of Ulick na gCenn Mac William, Richard Sasanach Mac William, another son of Ulick, became the second Earl.
Turlogh Mac Sweeney Fanad was killed by the 2 brothers, Rory Carrach Mac Sweeny Fanad and Donnell Gorm Mac Sweeney Fanad, the sons of Donnell Ogthen Mac Sweeney Fanad, who had been the last Mac Sweeney Fanad and they became their next Chieftains, but the last 2 Chieftains were to be Teague Og - the Younger Mac Sweeney and Donnell Sweeney, who were both the sons of Turlogh Mac Sweeney.
Seamus Mac Donnell / Donald and Colla Mac Donnell / Donald came with a force from Scotland to serve as galloglasses for the Mac Quillans the English Barons and they took the Loughan Islands back from the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain O Canes / Kanes, and burnt Brian O Kane, the son of Donogh O Kane, and all of his men, and then raided O Kane seeking vengeance on him so O Cane / Kane then engaged the descendants of Rory Mac Sweeney to assist him and they caught Mac Quillan as he crossed over the River Bann killing many of his men, and O Cane / Kane then raided the Mac Quillan held territory in the Route in the north - east of the Ulster Province.
Eogan Mor
- the Greater
Mac Sweeney na Tuath
the son of Donnell Mac
Sweeney
the son of
Niall Mac Sweeney,
died while being held captive by the
Muintir Maille
in West
/ Iar Connacht and Murchad Mac Sweeney and his
brother, Donogh Mac Sweeney na Tuath,
also died, and the Mac Sweeneys
were now also in conflict over who had the authority there now, until
Eogan Og
- the Younger
Mac Sweeney became
"The Mac Sweeney" in his own
right, as he was the
son of the previous "The Mac Sweeney."
1546 Thomas Butler became the English tenth Earl of Ormonde and the third English Earl of Ossory until 1614 AD. who was the son of James the previous ninth English Earl of Ormonde.
Grace
O Malley
/
Grainne Nic Maille
the future
Pirate Queen who was
only 15 year old
from
the Heremonian Dal
Cuinn Ui Briuin Ui Maille Sept
married
Donnell O Flaherty who
was
"The O
Flaherty"
who
also operated as a pirate
and he was the first
Chieftain of
the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn
Ui Briuin Seola O Flahertys
of
Bally na Hinch until he
was to be eventually killed in battle leaving her a young widow
who was to have
The
Fir Bolg Celts
had originally divided
Ireland into
5
Provinces, that
had later been reduced to 4,
Connacht
Province,
Leinster Province, which had been united with the
Midland / Midhe
/ Meath Province
under *83.Conn of the Hundred Battles, Munster
Province and
Ulster
Province
and these were to later on be divided into
33 Counties by the English,
which then also included a division of
Co.
Tipperary into 2
until it
was to be rejoined, making the final total of
32 Counties, all of
which still make up the whole of Ireland today
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
in Dublin
in the north - east of Southern Leinster
that
had
been confiscated to be taken over by the
Church of England under the direction
of
Henry
VIII,
was already by now,
due to the lack of patronage, falling into decay.
1547 AD Henry
VIII,
the Welsh Tudor King of England, died, after
murdering 72,000 innocent souls and fully exploiting the
Catholic Church Institutions and their
territories
for all they were worth
for his own personal financial interests, and his
10 year
old son
Edward
VI became the
new
Welsh Tudor King of England until 1553 AD under the greedy guidance of his mother's brothers,
Edward, and Thomas Seymour who also held
vast tracts of confiscated Catholic Church territories
personally, and who would soon come to meet a sorry end in the overall scheme of
things. (40 of the
60
Gaelic Irish Chiefs who had previously submitted to
Henry
V111 had been granted
English titles under
English Law and the
territories of
their
Tuaths (Family regions) personally without
To ensure a clear path, James Butler the English ninth Earl of Ormonde and second English Earl of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster was now assassinated with 17 of his followers at Ely House near Holborn, out of the 35 people who were to be poisoned there, and no inquiry was held, and his young son was then taken to England to be reared as an Episcopalian for an English purpose in Ireland, which would lead to terrible disastrous results for everyone both in England and Ireland.
1548 AD 125.Shane O Niall - the Proud from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept, who was the young legitimate son of 124.Conn Bacach O Niall became "The O Niall," in his own right and would now become "England's Greatest Fear" and he had his castle situated 3 mile from Antrim on Loch Neagh in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province, where the ruins are still there to be seen today.
The Dungory Castle was constructed this year by the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "southern" Ui Fiachrach O Heynes on an islet at the head of Kinvarra Bay in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht and a Franciscan friary was founded by the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill O Donnells at Killydonnell / Cill O d / Ui Tomhrair in their kingdom and main territory in Co. Donegal / Tyrconnell in the west of the Ulster Province where they were well out of the way of the main action, but despite this its bell was to eventually end up in Loch Swilly.
The Mansion built on the
site of John's
Castle at
Lismore in
Co. Waterford in the south - east of the
Munster Province also came
under the control of the notorious
Myler Magrath who had previously
been a
Franciscan monk who
was a real "survivor" who had also sold out for the many trappings of office and vast monetary success
as he was to
obtain many combined Episcopalian Bishoprics and numerous livings in
Ireland, along with their enforced Tithes to the Church of England
/ Ireland, which was to make him a very wealthy man. When he was to die later on he was interred in
St. Carthaig's Cathedral in Lismore
in Co. Cork. He
was to rent the
Mansion to
Sir
Walter Raleigh, in
perpetuity, who would later on sell it on to
Richard Boyle who had
arrived 14
years earlier into
Ireland from
England with only
28
pounds to his name and who would
also accumulate vast Estates and become one of the richest Land
Lords
in Ireland
during his lifetime, and also the
first English
Earl of Cork who was very anti - Catholic.
The
English Pale in Ireland,
which was under the control of the Dublin Castle
Government (The
Devil's 1/2 acre) authority was by now reduced to
only 45 miles along the
eastern coastline in the Leinster
Province
centred on Dublin, and
still only reached 20 miles inland, which
included parts of Co. Dublin, Co.
Kildare, Co. Meath and Co.
Louth, whereas previously it had taken in the
Provinces of both Leinster
and Munster.
1549 AD Dermott O Sullivan,
the Heberian Eoghanacht
Chaisil Chieftain died, who was the father of
Dermott
Og
- the Younger O Sullivan,
whose mother was
Sheela Fitz
Gerald and in turn he would be the father of
Philip O Sullivan
in 1590
AD, who was to be a historian, the youngest of 17
children. Donnell Cam O
Sullivan (1561 - 1618 AD) who was to play a very vital
part in Irish history, was to
eventually become the Lord of Beare
in Co. Cork
from 1592 - 1603 AD
and later still the Spanish Count of Beare Haven,
who was to produce Donnell O Sullivan
(1590 - 1619
AD ) and another Dermott
O Sullivan
(1601 - 1659 AD) who would be the Spanish Count of Beare Haven from 1618 -
1659 AD who was to then only produce a daughter who was to leave no issue.