1641 AD - 2 

1641 AD December 1st: The Ascendancy English Puritan Parliament presented their Grand Remonstrance to Charles 1st, the English Stuart King, for him to sign, under the authorship of their Puritan leader John Pym, that included his misgovernment and also included further "Safeguards against Catholics."  

December: The Irish Chiefs in the Ulster Province, captured Strabane in Co Tyrone in Central Southern Ulster, where the Rivers Finn and Mourne combine to form the River Foyle, and where there was also a castle that had been constructed against the Irish Families there, during the foreign non - Catholic plantations of Charles 1st's father, James 1st and although they were not able to take the towns of Enniskillen, Coleraine and Derry in Ulster, many of the Lowland Presbyterians in Ulster still returned to Scotland, where the Parliament there offered to send 10,000 troops into Ulster to support them.

     Later on encouraged by 127.Eogan Roe O Niall's victory in Ireland, the Anglo - Irish Catholic Lords in The English Pale, were to also join in, and side with the Irish, which was to further consolidate the overall position of the Irish Confederation of Kilkenny, when Lord Mount - Garret, (the uncle of James Butler the English Royalist twelth Earl of Ormonde), was to be chosen as the President of the Supreme Council of Ireland and General Barry became their Supreme Commander in the Munster Province, and his uncle, Sir Daniel O Brien from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain Sept, was to be given command in Co. Clare in the north - west of Munster. General Barry, together with "The Mac Carthy Mor, " the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Lord of Muskerry in Southern Munster, were to capture Limerick City and it's castles in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Munster also with Bunratty Castle in Co. Clare, held by supporters of the Ascendancy English Puritan Parliament, as the only part of Co. Clare that was not under the direct control of the Irish Confederation forces there.  

December: The Ascendancy English Puritan Parliament sent an 1,100 English Military force over to Dublin, and Sir William St. Leger, who was the English appointed President in the Munster Province, went about using severe methods against the the Catholic Irish gentry there, which was to also only force them also to join in with the Irish Confederation Uprising, while the town of Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, which was the northern perimeter of The English Pale, that was under the control of Sir Henry Tichborne for the English Military forces, was besieged by Sir Phelim O Niall from the Dal Cuinn "northern" Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Sept from nearby in the Ulster Province acting for the Irish Confederacy.

      The Irish Confederacy Catholic forces, who were now under the leadership of the Anglo - Irish Lord Mount - Garrett, took Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster, which would then be retained as their headquarters until 1648 AD, that was actually in the territory under the control of his nephew, James Butler the Royalist twelth English Earl of Ormonde, who dissolved the garrison belonging to the Irish Confederacy there, and installed a Royalist garrison, who he knew were completely loyal to Charles 1st the English Stuart King. Despite this, the Irish Confederacy were to regain control of the Munster Province, and Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht now joined in with them also, as did the Ulster Province. Burke, who was now the English Marquis of Clann Rickarde held onto the Connacht Province, so as to stay in with the Ascendancy English Puritan Parliament, but within a few months most of it also was to come under Irish Confederacy control, while the town of Galway in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, controlled by the "14 Foreign Tribes of Galway," was to continue to remain neutral for some time, but the fort there was under the control of the Ascendancy English Puritan Parliament Military forces.   

 Munster: Pierce Ferriter / Piaras Feiritear an Anglo - Irish Landlord, of Norman descent whose family had arrived into Ireland in 1295 AD, was a poet, and a Dingle Chieftain, from the Gaeltacht / Irish speaking region there in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province and his castle, (which is now only a ruin) was on Sybil Hill, at the far end of the peninsula near Ballyferriter, and Ferriter's Cove, where there are the 3 rocky points there known now as "The Three Sisters" and he became an Irish Confederacy Captain, and was to fight under the leadership of Finghin Mac Carthy the Heberian Eoghanacht Chaisil Chief of Co Kerry, who was able to also capture Castle Maine. The English Military forces then attacked Tralee there, while Finghin Mac Carthy was called away to assist his overall Chieftain, "The Mac Carthy Mor," the previously appointed English Earl of Muskerry. Pierce Ferriter, then took over the command there and captured Tralee himself for the Irish Confederacy, and would continue to carry on the fight there even later on against the rapacious Oliver Cromwell, the future English Lord Protector, until 1653 AD when he would be the last to submit and was then to be hung in Killarney. Meanwhile, Limerick City in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of Munster adjacent to Co. Kerry was also to be occupied by the Irish Confederacy. Burncourt Castle, situated in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of Munster, was constructed this year, and Clonakilty in Co. Cork in Southern Munster was devestated and destroyed, and Ballynacarriga Castle there, which had been also built by the Mac Carthys, was to be captured by the English Military Forces.

 Connacht: The English Military forces in Castlebar in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province, surrendered to the Irish Confederacy there and Burke, the Anglo - Irish English appointed Marquis of Clann Rickarde, garrisoned the Burke Castle there also at Clare Galway in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht and 100 of the Gentry and clergy, were killed at Shrule in Co. Mayo on the surrender of Castlebar to the Irish Confederacy forces, after they had been previously promised safe conduct by Lord Mayo / Burke and Walter and Ulick Burke gave assistance, but Lord Mayo's son, who had succeeded him as the English Viscount there was to be tried and shot for not protecting them. Co. Sligo, in the north - west of Connacht, was also sacked, including the Dominican Friary there, containing the family tomb of the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai O Connors, and the English forces also destroyed Sligo Abbey there, which has been left a ruin ever since.  Ballymote Castle there was also taken by the Irish Confederacy and the Portumna Castle in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, that had also been constructed originally by the Anglo - Irish Burkes, was also later to be destroyed by the forces of the insatiable Oliver Cromwell the future English Lord Protector. Charles O  Connor Sligo from the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin Ai had held onto the territory at Cloonamahon there, until it was purchased by Cornet Cooper who had then had to hand it over to "Black Tom" Wentworth who had claimed it for the Commissioners executing the Act of Settlement for Charles 1st , but it would later be confiscated and granted to Robert Brown an Oliver Cromwell Dragoon.

Ulster: The church at Galcorm Castle in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province, was sacked, and the town and the castle of Tandragee in Co. Armagh in the south - east of Ulster, previously belonging to the Dal Cuinn Colla da Crioch O Hanlons of Orior there in Ulster was also to be destroyed as was Gosford Castle, held by the Achesons / Atkinsons at Markethill in Co. Armagh in the south - east of Ulster and the town of Derry in Co. Derry in the north - east of Ulster, was also attacked during the Irish Confederacy Uprising, but not taken. Lisburn Castle in Co. Antrim was also put under siege, and the Bishop's Castle at Raphoe in Co. Donegal in the north - west of Ulster was also besieged, and its ruins are still there to be seen and the de Mandevilles / Mac Quillans had also previously constructed a Castle at Dunseverick in Co. Antrim in the north - east of Ulster. Captain Rory Maguire acting for the Irish Confederacy, destroyed the plantation Castle that had also been constructed against the Irish Families at Tully Bay in Co. Fermanagh in the south - west of Ulster and its ruins are also still there to be seen. The English Episcopalian Church of England Bishop, Bedell, was to be protected by the Irish Septs during the Irish Confederacy Uprising, as he had translated the Old Testament into the Irish language, and by doing so had braved the rage of the Ascendancy English Puritan Government authorities in the Dublin Castle (The Devil's 1/2 acre) and he had also publicly declared the hardships of the Catholic Irish, and because of this the English Military would eventually take him prisoner and hold him captive in the Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin East Breifne O Reilly's Lough Oughter Castle on an island near Cavan in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster.  

 Leinster: The Rock of Dunamase, situated in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster, which was originally the stronghold of 113.Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall - of the Foreigners, was now held by Sir Charles Coote for the English Parliament, who had also destroyed the castle at Ferns there that had been constructed originally by William de Valance one of the original Anglo - Norman Barons, on the old fortress of the Kings of Leinster. (The Anglo - Irish Roches / de Roiste from Co. Wexford had also founded Selskar there.) The English Military had also captured the Earl of Longford's Castle in Longford in Co Longford in the north - west of Northern Leinster. The Ascendancy Puritan Parliament Military forces were to also destroy the stronghold at Baldungan in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster, constructed originally there by the the de Berminghams the Anglo - Norman Barons, which was then under the control of the Irish Confederacy. Mellifont Abbey, situated 3 mile from Monasterboice in Co. Louth in the north - east of Northern Leinster, that had previously been given over to Sir Gerald Moore in 1535 AD, after the confiscation of the Catholic Institutions by Henry VIII, and that had been used as a residence by him, was now also in the hands of the Irish Confederacy. There were many battles fought also over the town of Athlone in Co. Westmeath in the south - west of Northern Leinster, situated on the eastern side of the River Shannon, adjacent to the Connacht Province, as it was basically the centre of Ireland.

O Flaherty (1641 AD - 1709 AD) of Moycullen / Magh Cuilinn (The Holly Plain) in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, was born this year who was to also write a "History of Ireland."

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