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1316 AD - 1320 AD
1316
AD
This year,
Art
was the
Heberian Cianacht Luigni King
who had his territory at
Leyney in
Co. Sligo
in the north - west of the
Connacht Province.
In May: Robert The Bruce's
brother, Edward Bruce crowned
himself the
King of Ireland
on a hill at Knocknemelan at Faughart near Dundalk in
Co. Louth
in the north - east of
Northern Leinster
and
besieged the
Palace
of the
Archbishop of Swords in
Co. Dublin in
the north - east of
Southern
Leinster
and destroyed it. He then
held a Parliament on the
Rock of Cashel in
Co. Tipperary in
the north - east of the
Munster Province
and the
Irish Chiefs
were able to take back their
English confiscated territories.
In
December - Winter:
Robert
the Bruce
came across from
Scotland
to assist his brother, Edward Bruce in
Ireland
with another
Scottish
army
and controlled the territory west of the River
Shannon and the River
Bann and
to the north of the
Ulster Province
border and they then joined forces and marched south burning as they
went and kept on besieging
Dublin
itself in "The
English
Pale" stronghold. Then the
English landed
in
Ireland
with their army and
the Bruces and their
Irish
allies
were defeated and driven back to the north and the
Irish
Chiefs
were now divided over the conflict as once again the
Ui mBriain
O
Brians
of
Thomond / Northern Munster were
totally hostile to any chance of the Bruces taking over in
Ireland.
Edward
111
the Norman English King,
took the
Limerick Castle
built previously by his ancestor
John
the
Anglo - Norman English King on the River Shannon there in
Co. Limerick
in the mid - north - west of the
Munster Province
and
held a court their for a few months. An
Augustine
Friary was
also founded there at
Adare in
Co. Limerick
while
"Irishtown,"
which
was south of the River Abbey
was eventually enclosed by walls as was
"Englishtown"
situated on the island.
An attack was made on
Scotland
by the
English forces
of Edward 111 and
Robert
the Bruce
had to return there leaving his brother, Edward
Bruce to sustain the fight in the north of
Ireland.
1317
AD
Edward Bruce captured Gowran, which had been an early seat of the Kings of Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster.
The "Anglo - Irish" / Old English were now known by the English as the "Middle Nation." 1317 AD - 1350 AD Brian "Bawn" O Brian was to be the Prince of Thomond / Tanaiste under his kinsman, Murtough O Brian the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Thomond / Northern Munster.
1318
AD
Richard Le Drede who was a Norman English Franciscan
became Bishop of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny
in the south - west of
Southern Leinster
until 1360 AD.
Conor 3rd
/ Conchobar
was to be
the
Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh
Dal Cuinn
Ui Maine
King
who had his territory
in the east of
Co. Galway
and nearby Athlone in
Co
Roscommon in
the east of the
Connacht Province and
Tomaltach
was to be the
King of Tir nAililla
/
The Land of 87.Ailill
in
Co. Sligo in
the north - west
of the
Connacht Province. On May
13th:
The Heberian Dal gCais
Cenel Cuallachta O Deas
/ Ui Deadhaigh
Chief in
Co. Clare
in the north - west of the
Munster Province
was finally able to defeat
the
Anglo - Normans
Barons there and
kill their leader the troublemaker,
Thomas de Clare together with his son, Robert de Clare, in a
furious battle near the Dysert O Dea Abbey
and his body was hacked to pieces. His widow
then burned down the
Bunratty Castle and fled back to
England with as many valuables
as she could carry, and this single act of defiance by the
Heberian
Dal gCais
Irish
was to break the
English dominance in Co.
Clare for nearly
200
years in to the future. His
Irish followers
at this time the descendants of
B
October:
The
Norman English had also built
walled defences around
Castledermot
in
Co. Kildare
in Central Southern Leinster and
Edward Bruce attacked them with his forces and was
defeated
and eventually killed
in battle on the hill at
Faughart in
Co. Louth
in the north - east of
Southern
Leinster
where his head was
cut off
and sent over to
England and his
headless body was buried in the
King's Grave in the old churchyard under a large stone on the slope of
the hill. As
Robert
the Bruce
had already gone back to
Scotland
prior to this the rest of the
Highland
Scots
followed him leaving
Co. Down in
the south - east of the
Ulster Province in ruins and
Donnell O Niall
the
Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh
Dal Cuinn
"Northern"
Ui Niaill
King of Tir Eogain
/ Tyrone
was now driven back to
Co. Tyrone
in
Central Southern Ulster.
Pope
John
XX111
condemned all the supporters of the
Bruces, and
Donnell O Niall
the
Heremonian
Ui Cobhthaigh
Dal Cuinn
"Northern"
Ui Niaill
Cenel nEogain King
replied, " That he
could cede his kingdom to whoever he wanted to,"
and condemned the
English for not dealing
justly
with the
Irish.
Donnell O Niall
whose territory was
in
Co. Tyrone,
which was still very
wild country in the
Ulster Province
was the
least effected by the oppressive
English rule. New
1319 AD The Butlers
/ Le Buitleir
Norman English Barons now also acquired the English
Earldom of the Cantred of Iverk in
the southern part of the territory in Co.
Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of
Southern Leinster.
John de Bermingham the Norman English Baron was now
appointed the English Earl of Louth in the north - east of
Northern Leinster.
1320 AD
The
Church of
St. Nicholas Collegiate
was founded in
Lombard Street
in the town of
Galway
in
Co. Galway in
Southern Connacht and
Christopher Columbus would hear
Mass there on the way to
America and it too later on was to be taken
over by the Ascendancy Church of
Ireland / England during the Confiscation of the
Catholic Church Institutions and lands
by Henry
V111 and is still used by them.
St. Nicholas of Myra
was born there in Lynch's Castle
in
Abbeygate Street.
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