1611 - 1615 AD 

1611 AD Although 5,000 English Episcopalian Church of England planters were to be brought into the Munster Province, over time, the Catholic Irish were able to regain one third of their territory back through inter - marriage with many of them, their Celtic culture, the Irish environment, and their religious commitment, and this also included the descendants of Edmund Spenser, a previous favourite of Elizabeth 1st and Sir Walter Raleigh, who had been staunchly anti - Irish and anti - Catholic.

    In the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Breifne O Reillys kingdom of East Breifne at Clonkee in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster 64,377 acres of the territory there, which was just on two thirds of their total territory there, was given over to English Episcopalian planters with some of them receiving up to 5000 acres each and the Church of England Ascendancy Episcopalian Institution of Trinity College in Dublin in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Province had also received 100,000 acres in the Ulster Province from the territory of the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain O Nialls in Co. Tyrone, the Cenel Conaill O Donnells in Co. Donegal and the Dal Cuinn 3 Colla Maguires of Co. Fermanagh. Despite all of these confiscations the Englis plantations were still to occur at a slow pace as those they put in there were plain country English gentlemen who were easily scared and tight fisted, and this caused many of them to sell up or exchange their portions of land to the Lowland Presbyterian Scottish planters who were much tougher and willing to make use of the Mere Irish. They would lease their "extra" land back to the Mere Irish, but even with this measure, which went against the decree of James 1st, the actual plantations still continued to be slow. (Lord Ridgeway an English Earl, was forced to construct the Augher Castle at Augher in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster against the Irish Septs in that region). 

   The English East India Company, which was to take over complete control in India, which would lead onto to the devastation and be the cause of so much misery also there to the indigenous population, also set up an Iron Works on the coast of Co. Cork in Southern Munster, were they built 2 ships, but it too was to soon come to an end in 1613 AD.

     Catholic priests were once again ordered out of Ireland this year. 

1612 AD O Devanny the Catholic Bishop of Conor & Down in the south - east of the Ulster Province was killed.

     Francis Blennerhasset built Castle Caldwell in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of the Ulster Province, against any chance of attack by the Irish Septs there in the kingdom and territory of the Dal Cuinn Colla Da Crioch Maguires and Sir Arthur Chichester from Devonshire in England received a Charter from James 1st to build a town at Belfast in the north - east of Ulster and James 1st, who was worried by the men at arms that were still in private hands in Ireland, shipped out 6,000 of the mercenaries privately kept by the English Lords along with other persons of means to Sweden.

1613 AD May: A plan was put in place by James 1st's Undertalers, Sir Arthur Chichester and Sir John Davies to also set up the non - Catholic Ascendancy Parliament in Ireland with an Episcopalian Ascendancy majority so as to pass their legislation to suite their own purposes, including a Bill against the Catholic priests especially the Jesuits, to stop the Catholic Irish and Anglo - Irish from sending their children abroad to be educated, and to force the Catholic New English and Old English / Anglo - Irish in Ireland to be subject to their English Recusancy Laws for not conforming to the Church of England and 40 extra Boroughs were created for their Ascendancy House of Commons with 18 in the Ulster Province going to the Corporations to ensure the positions of the Ascendancy representatives.

     James 1st the first French Stuart King of England now decreed that the English Ascendancy plantations must be completed in Ireland much faster then what was occurring and to this end he also granted Jenkin Conway, who was another of his English plantation Undertakers, the Killorglin Castle of the Desmond Fitz Geralds in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province and also gave him permission to hold a Lammas (Puck Fair) at Killorgan on the River Laune and because of this action allowed the Irish Fair that was already being held by the Irish Septs there to be continued on as the Puck Fair, which is still held over 3 days from August 10th - 12th. (The ruins of the Castle Conway are still there to be seen north of the Mac Gilli Cuddy Reeks). The territory of the O Sullivan / Mac Ellicott's in Listowel and Tralee were also confiscated in Co. Kerry in the south - west of Munster.

May 18th: The Ascendancy Anglo - Irish Parliament was re - opened for the first time since 1586 AD in Dublin in Co. Dublin in Southern Leinster under Sir Arthur Chichester and it was composed of nearly all English Church of England Episcopalians who lived within The English Pale that surrounded Dublin, with 18 Irish only elected In the House of Lords the numbers were Church of England Episcopalians 24 - Catholic Irish and Anglo - Irish 12, and in the House of Commons Church of England Episcopalians 132 - Catholic Irish and Anglo - Irish 100. The Catholic Irish and the Anglo - Irish put up Sir John Everard a staunch Anglo - Irish Catholic in opposition to the anti - Catholic persecutor, Sir John Davies as the Speaker, but it was really all just a game of numbers and they were unsuccessful, so disheartened they then withdrew from the Ascendancy Parliament altogether in protest at the blatant gerrymandering that had been perpetrated, followed by the minority members who were also in the House of Lords and what was supposed to be an Anglo - Irish Parliament was closed again.  

       New Irish Penal Laws were introduced against the Irish Septs, so that they were not allowed their religion, livelihoods, any rights as citizens, possessions, education and their Families were to be split up so that when an Irish Catholic father died his children were taken away and given to Church of England Episcopalians with the sole purpose of totally demoralizing the Irish Families, and any property was also taken from them, thereby removing their chances of earning a living, and to ensure that their children were reared as English Episcopalians. Eventually only 2% of Ireland itself would remain in the hands of the Irish Families as all Irish Catholics were now also excluded from inheriting theirown land, as the Ascendancy appointed Judges informed them that, "The law does not suppose any such person as an Irish Catholic exists."  The ever growing Commercial influence of the merchants in the English Ascendancy Parliament also, created bans on all Irish Cattle and Dairy Products, Soap, Candles, Cloth, Glass, Linen and Corn, and they also tried to stop the Irish Fisheries, while all Irish Wool had to go only to England, and there was to be no Irish ships built, and no merchant ships were now allowed to load or unload at an Irish Port.  

     James 1st the French Stuart King of England gazetted Castlebar in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province as a town this year, and gave the merchants in the City of London 12 lots there also, and sold numerous English Baronets for money, to anybody who could pay, and they were then given permission also to use the ancient Gaelic Milesian  Irian insignia of the Red Hand of Ulster.

      The Church of England Archbishop Usher of Armagh, died this year, who lived at Termonfeckin in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, which was to become the Summer palace of the furure Episcopalian Archbishops of Armagh, and Jonas Wheeler was to also become the new Church of England Episcopalian Bishop of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Leinster until 1618 AD.

1614 AD Sir George Carew the English appointed President in the Munster Province told James 1st that there were many good English loyalists among the people in Ireland, but they were united with the Old - English / Anglo - Irish Catholics and would "rebel" if continually treated harshly and along with Sir Arthur Chichester in the Ulster Province his English advisors in Ireland also advised him that those Mere Irish who were to toe the official Ascendancy line should only receive one half of the land that the Anglo - Irish (Old English) and the English Royalists were to receive.

     The English Ascendancy Government began enforcing their new anti - Catholic Irish Laws and Irish shipping ordinances, as there were now only 143 ships operating from Irish Ports, with 100 of them being only of a small tonnage.

     The town of  Clonakilty in Co. Cork in Southern Munster was founded this year by Richard Boyle who had been appointed the first English Earl of Cork, who had arrived previously in Ireland from England, basically penniless 25 years before, and who had become quite rich and was now holding onto vast Estates, and he would eventually be put in charge of Ireland for the English Crown in 1629 AD.

     Sir Toby Caulfield constructed a Jacobean Mansion at Castle Caulfield in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster this year, and the region from the town of Derry to Coleraine in the north - east of the Ulster Province was offered to the merchants from the City of London Companies, but despite this further inducement eventually many of the English planters in Ireland were to return to England.

October - November: James 1st now also came out publically backing the anti - Catholic Irish persecutors, Sir Arthur Chichester and Sir John Davies actions in gerrymandering the Anglo - Irish Parliament to maintain an Ascendancy majority, but 8 of the Boroughs were removed for not having been issued with writs prior to the election, 3 were declared to have no right of representation at all, and the decision in 2 of the Boroughs were reversed due to their false returns and the Ascendancy Anglo - Irish House of Commons was now reduced to 210 representatives,with a majority of 108 Church of England AScendancy Episcopalians and 102 Catholic Irish and Anglo - Irish, but because of the closeness of the numbers, the Ascendancy was not so keen this time to take up the available opportunities to create any more changes against any of the Dissenters / Non - Conformists / Recusants.  

      Walter Butler became the eleventh English Earl of Ormonde who still had his Estates in the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla Cu Corb Fitz Patick's kingdom of Ossory in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster until 1632 AD, who was a grandson of James Butler the prevuious ninth English Earl of Ormonde

1615 AD The Articles for the Ascendancy's Episcopalian Church of England were drawn up based on French Calvinistic doctrine, which would later on under Charles 1st, the son of James 1st, clash with the fervent ideas of his particular religious procurator Bishop Laud.

      The English Episcopalian plantations in Ireland were now begun in earnest, and James 1st the French Stuart King of England reminded all," That the removal of the Irish from their land in Ireland was the main reason for them being there, and there would be repossession if they did not carry out his wishes" and Sir Arthur Chichester was given permission to also imprison anyone who made any opposition to the plantations in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, and this was also eventually to be carried out by his successor Sir Oliver St. John and it was also only natural that the new English Episcopalian planters were to be terrorized by those Irish Families and Anglo - Irish (Old English) who were to be effected by the ongoing confiscations and plantation of their land.   

November: Sir Arthur Chichester was recalled to England after being in control in Ireland for 10 years as the appointed English Lord Deputy and was replaced by Sir Oliver St. John who continued to maintain his repressive actions against the Catholic Irish and the Anglo - Irish / Old English.

      Sir Richard Wingfield who had been granted 26,000 acres at Bray in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster by James 1st the English Stuart King, also built a Castle against the Irish Septs, on the other land also given to him that had been confiscated from the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain O Niall's fortress up at Benburb in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster.

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