1558 - 1560 AD
1558 AD Mary 1st the Welsh Tudor Spanish Catholic English Queen together with her husband Phillip 11 the King of Spain made a combined attack on France where they were defeated, and she lost the previous English held territory there at Calais, and shortly after this she was to die suddenly and things were to go from bad to worse for Ireland as her half - sister, Elizabeth 1st became the Welsh Tudor Queen of England. who was the 25 year old second daughter of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn who he had previously beheaded. Although Henry V111 had previously had her declared illegitimate and illegal she would now become the overall ruler in England until 1603 AD and also create 6 Rebellions in Ireland against her terrible ethnic and religious sectarian "Slash & Burn" rule and would fell all of the Irish forests to build her fleet of ships .
Conor
O Brien,
the nephew of
Donnell
O Brian, and the son of
the late
Donogh
-
the Fat
O Brien
who
had previously been the appointed English second Earl of Thomond, was
now created the
English third Earl
of Thomond, who from
now on like his father before him only acted as a lackey / agent
for the
English authorities in the Dublin Castle
(The Devil' 1/2 acre) and he was even given
English Militia to protect him
and he took no further part in the struggle by his own
Dalcassian / Dal
gCais people to oust the ethnic and religious oppression in
Ireland.
Elizabeth
1st had sent her favourite, Sir
Walter Deveroux the
English
Earl of Essex to
Ireland to increase the pressure on the
Irish
Septs
and he arrived with an English Militia into
Co. Clare in the north -
west of the Munster Province were
he secured the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain
O Brian castles
at
Bunratty,
Clare and
Clonroad in
Ennis as
Donnell O Brian
the Dalcassian
nominated
leader as the
Tanaiste / Prince
of
Northern Munster /
Thomond also offered no resistance
against him and went instead, for his own personal protection, to the north -
west to the
"The Maguire" the Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn
Colla Da Crioch
Chieftain, who had his territory at
Belcoo
in
Co. Fermanagh
in the south - west of the
Ulster Province.
(Later on Donnell
O Brian,
although he was the nominated future leader / Tanaiste of the
Dal
gCais Sept, was to also be eventually knighted as
Sir
Donnell O Brien
for his services to the English
cause). This would leave the
Dalcassian
Septs in
Co.
Clare
totally
leaderless, as they had recognised him as the heir apparent to become the
future
King of
Northern Munster, but he too was
to completely sell out his own
Irish
people, his Heberian Dal gCais
ancestors, and Ireland
as a whole, to become just another "survivor" and English "lackey." After
1,500 years the
Irish
Heberian Dal gCais
kingdom of Thomond
/ Northern Munster
was done away with in one foul swoop, which had initially originated from
85.Cormac Cas, the second son of
84.Ailill
/ Oilioll
Oluimm the Heberian
1st King
of Munster. (Sir
Donnell
O Brien would
now go on to found the
English
Episcopalian
O
Briens at Ennistymon
in Co. Clare).
The
Dalcassian
Septs
were now
in a really desperate situation, and rebellion broke out
among them,
when
the 2 sons of
Murrogh O Brian, the two brothers,
Donogh
O Brien and
Teague O Brien,
called for assistance from their Anglo - Irish kinsman,
Fitz Gerald
the
English Earl of Desmond who had his
stronghold at the old
Carrigafoyle
Castle,
which previously had belonged to the Gaelic
Milesian Irian
O
Connor's
who had their kngdom and territory at
Bally Longford in
Co. Kerry
in the south - west of the
Munster Province.
Donnell
Mac Carthy "The Mac Carthy Mor" the
Heberian
Eoghanacht Chaisil Chieftain, descended from
85.Eoghan
Mor - the Greater, the oldest
son of
84.Ailill
/ Oilioll
Oluimm the
1st King
of Munster,
125.Fearadorach
/ an Fear Dorcha O Niall,
died, who had been appointed by the English as the first Baron of
Dungannon, who was the illegitimate older son of
124.Conn
Bacach
O Niall
the
Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain Chieftain who had been the previous
"The
O Niall"
who
had also become the English appointed
first Earl
of Tyrone in the Ulster Province.
(125.Fearadorach O Niaill's
mother had been the blacksmith’s wife).
125.Fearadorach O Niaill had married Judith the
daughter of Cu Connacht
Magennis from the
Gaelic Milesiasn
Irian Sept in
Iveagh and produced
126.Brian O Niall who became
the second English appointed Baron of Dungannon who was to be slain in
1561 AD, and
126.Aed Dubh
/ Black Hugh O Niall who
was to also be the English
appointed third Earl of Dungannon
and later on the
second English appointed Earl of Tyrone. Despite his previous strong English
upbringing for an English purpose,
126.Aed Dubh
/ Black Hugh O Niall would eventually ally with
his brother - in - law, the young Aed
Ruadh
/ Red Hugh
O Donnell
who would become
"The O Donnell"
later on in his own right, and both
would try and drive the
English out of
Ireland
altogether,
after 126.Aed Dubh O Niall would eventually come to realise his real Irish heritage and
what was really going on in Ireland,
and he too would attain the position of the
"The O Niall,"
and possibly close to the Kingship of Ireland.
Conor an Chuam O Kennedy was
now
John Mac Coghlan, the son of Art Mac Coughlan, the son of Cormac Mac Coughlan, the Prince / Tanaiste of Delvin in Co. Offaly, was to attend Perrot's Parliament.
1559 AD Sir Henry Sidney, Elizabeth 1st's English appointed Lord Deputy in Ireland, set about with a vengeance conquering the Munster Province, also some parts of the Leinster Province, and the Connacht Province.
The territories of the Heberian Eoghanacht Mac Ellicott's / Mac Gillycuddys in Listowel and Tralee were confiscated in Co. Kerry in Desmond / Southern Munster.
Conor
O Brien
who
was now
the English appointed third Earl of Thomond
in Co. Clare,
who was
supported by English Militia attacked
Donogh
O Brian, (the
son of
Murrogh
O Brian), at his
Inchiquin
Castle near
Corofin in
Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster
Province, but his kinsman
the Anglo - Irish
Fitz Gerald the
English Earl of
Desmond was to arrive in time to save him.
Conor O Brian then went to get
Mac William
/ Burke
/ de Burgh
the Anglo - Irish
Earl of Clann
Rickarde to join in with him against
Donogh O Brian, and with their combined forces they went into battle against
Donogh
O Brian
and his brother
Teague O Brian, at
Spancilhill near Clooney - Quin above the town of
Ennis. They were eventually defeated in what was to be a terrible bloody
battle, and many of the
Dalcassians
who were now in a quandary, on both sides, as to who was right and who was wrong, were to
die, which once again only served the English purpose.
Not long after this
Conor
O Brien
the English appointed third Earl of Thomond
supported by English Militia
decided to raid the country outside of
Co. Clare, but quickly returned
when he was advised that
Donnell
O Brian
had also returned
from the north from the protection of
"The
Maguire"
who had his kingdom and territory
in
Co. Fermanagh
in the south - west of the Ulster Province,
and was
now combined with
Donogh
O Brian and
Teague
O Brian from
Inchiquin Castle in
Co. Clare who had begun
to carry out raids already throughout
Co. Clare
itself.
They attacked the Mac Namara’s
Heberian Dal
gCais
Ui Caisin Clan
Cuilen
Rossroe
Castle
at
Six Mile Bridge, as they acted as the
O Brian
Lord Marshalls,
and as this was where
Conor
O Brien
the English appointed third Earl was
residing, they also burnt the town there and killed over
100 of his men.
Although they had by now been fairly successful, they also found themselves under attack from all sides, and in desperation crossed
over the
River Fergus, were they obtained
galloglasses / mercenaries from the
Heremonian
Ui Conaire
Muscraige O
Sheehys and the
Heremonian
Dal Cuinn "northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain Mac Sweeneys.
Conor
O Brien
the English
appointed
third Earl
of Thomond who was also supported by English
Military
artillery bombarded the
Ballyalla Castle,
and the
Heberian Dal gCais
Septs in
Co. Clare
now became even further split between these two
Heberian Ui mBriain
Dalcassian forces
who they had previously regarded as their leaders.
Conor
O Brien was now able to hold onto the town
of Ennis and the territory to the east
in Co. Clare as far as the River Shannon,
which was in the
Mac Namara's territory.
Donogh
O Brian and Teague
O Brian, the sons of
Murrogh
- the Tannist
O Brian, held onto the
west of Co. Clare,
and all
of this internal Heberian Dal gCais confusion among
the Septs, once again, only contributed further to the
cause of the English, to divide and conquer.
124.Conn Bacach O Niall, the son of 123.Conn Mor O Niall, the previous overall leader of the Heremonian Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept, had previously submitted to Henry V111 and agreed to take up English customs and their language, and this meant that under English Serfdom Law his eldest son would now assume the English title after him and also the leadership of the O Nialls of Ulster Province, which actually went against the Irish Brehon Law. 125.Shane O Niaill, his younger legitimate son, had been elected as the Tanaiste / heir apparent under the Brehon Law by the Cenel nEogain Septs, 125.Fearadorach O Niall the oldest son, whose mother was the blacksmith's wife, was proclaimed illegitimate and killed, and his father, 124.Conn Bacach O Niall, who had taken up the English title of the first Earl of Tyrone, was driven out of Tir Eogain / Tyrone and died soon after in the The English Pale surrounding Dublin, At this time there was only an English Military force of 2,000 men there in The English Pale. 125.Shane O Niall - the Proud, was to become "The O Niall" in his own right and 15,000 Scottish - Irish mercenaries / galloglasses were to be brought over from Kintyre and Islay, and included among these were the Campbells, the Mac Leans, the Mac Leods and the Mac Kays, while 125.Shane O Niall also armed all of the Irish Septs in his territory and he refused to speak English and became a standout champion to the cause of the Irish Septs there in Ulster against Elizabeth 1st's continual ethnic and religious oppression, spurning all English titles, and became England's Greatest Fear. 124.Conn Bacach O Niaill his father, had been a brother of 124.Art O Niall the father of 125.Turlogh Luineach O Niall who was also to become "The O Niall" in the future, with the assistance of the English in the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre).125.Shane O Niall - the Proud was to be the last true Irish Chieftain under the Brehon Law from his particular Cenel nEogain Sept. and he had his fortress situated to the south of the River Laggan at Newtownbreda in Co. Down on the Co. Antrim border in the Ulster Province. 125.Shane O Niall as "The O Niall" then destroyed the castle at Newry in Co. Down in Ulster, but he was being impeded in his attempts to drive out the English Military forces there in Ulster by Sir Henry Sidney, Elizabeth 1st's English Lord Deputy in Ireland, (Meanwhile in Southern Leinster, Owen Rory O More the Gaelic Milesian Irian Chief had also defeated Sir Walter Deveroux the English Earl of Essex who was Elizabeth 1st's favourite, in a battle at Cloneagh in his Sept's territory in Co. Laois in the mid - west of Southern Leinster).
125.Shane O Niaill "The O Niall" who was now the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niall Cenel Eogain King of Ulster finally defeated Calvagh O Donnell "The O Donnell" the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King and took him prisoner to gain overall Irish authority in the Ulster Province.
This
year, the English
Bagenals
/ Bagnalls settled in at
Bagenalstown
/
Muine Bheag on Estates in
Co. Carlow on the
Barrow River in
Southern Leinster, near
the boundary of
Co. Kilkenny
in the south - west of
Southern Leinster,
where members of their family would eventually play a big part in the Irish Catholic cause in
Ireland
in the
future.
During this period Peter Lombard who was the Catholic Primate of Ireland had to reside in Rome for his safety, while the Catholic Bishop of Derry was able to continue to ride around the Ulster Province despite the constant threat to his life from the English authorities in the Dublin Castle.
Elizabeth 1st re - established the
Ascendancy of the Episcopalian Church of
England by restoring the prayer book of 1552 AD and her Religious Supremacy, not only in England, but also
in Ireland,
which the
Irish simply ignored
and her only chance of gaining religious Supremacy in Ireland was
just like her father had done by carrying out genocide as
Irish roots were too strong, and their Celtic culture deep rooted, so
coercion and genocide became the order of the day as this was only Elizabeth 1st's answer for
the people of Ireland. Her policy of surrender and
regrant only brought about decay, as the Irish Brehon Law
was concerned with people, not things!! and
during her long running oppressive reign she too was always backed up by those who lived in fear of
having to return their ill - gotten gains and confiscated land holdings to their rightful owners, both
in England and Ireland. Coupled with continuing outright oppression, based on both
ethnicity and sectarianism, she was to
bring about
6
individual Irish Rebellions
against her rule in
Ireland, known as the
Elizabethan Wars. A couple
of positive results of this, was that it was to increase the
number of fast Irish
light horsemen /
marchi
who were also to gain a better knowledge of their own countryside, and it was to also
bind the total
Irish
population both Irish and Anglo
- Irish / Old English much closer
together. She was to use only
English
public servants to try and govern
Ireland,
together with an English Military force, and also put immense pressure on
those who held to their
Catholic faith, who were always kept strong by
Jesuit
and
Franciscan friars, who she came to detest for their resistance to her ongoing repression.
1560 AD
Elizabeth 1st
the Welsh Tudor Queen of England had English Acts of
Religious Supremacy and Uniformity over the Catholic religion of the people of
Ireland passed, and further moves were
begun to extend the English
Episcopalian influence of the Church of England throughout
Ireland, and
she decreed that all
Catholic Bishops
and clergy were to leave
Ireland
under pain of death but despite this threat hundreds still remained to
minister to the Irish Septs and Anglo
- Irish).