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1321 AD The Book of Innisfallen had been written up to this date from 944 AD in Co. Kerry in the south - west of the Munster Province.

May: Up until this date the Irish religious orders still refused to allow English Cistercian monks in.

1323 AD Cairpre in Secran was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Southern" Ui Niaill Clann Cholmain King of Mide / Meath in Northern Leinster.

1324 AD Donough Mac Gilla Patrick, the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla King of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of the Leinster Province, died.

Alice Kyteler was put on trial in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster by secular and ecclesiastical authorities for diabolism, invocation and sorcery but she was able to escape their clutches.

William de Burgo / Burke the Norman English Baron built a Church at Athenry in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht, which eventually became the main burial place for the English Earls of Ulster and for the main Irish Families of the west and later on the English Protector, Oliver Cromwell's soldiers were to destroy all the monuments there. Overlooking Loch Coumshingun in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province is Killmalloch / Cill Mocheallog in the Golden Vale were there is a Round Tower attached to the old church of the Fitz Gerald Desmonds given by the English King, Edward 111 who also gave a Charter to the town this year surrounded by walls and 4 gates with only Blossom's Gate and some of the walls still remaining today. The Fitz Geralds of Desmond had assisted Edward III against the Scottii with their Irish forces and his 3 cousins had been put in command under him at the Battle of Halidon Hill and Edward III knighted them as the White Knight, the Black Knight and the Green Knight by the colour of their armour. The White Knights were associated with Killmallock and the last one Edmond who was to die in 1608 AD was buried in a Tomb there at the Dominican Friary, which was sacked often under the English Tudors and the English Protector Oliver Cromwell's forces later on were to destroy the fortifications there.

The English authorities in Dublin Castle (the Devil's 1/2 acre) tried to introduce English friars into the Irish Friaries in the west.

Arnold Power the Norman English Seneschal in Kilkenny City brought forward more anti - English feeling in the Dublin Parliament against the English Bishop of Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster who was calling the Irish "heretics" and excommunicated many people in the “Island of Saints.”

1325 AD Donnell 1st / Domhnall was the Dal Fiatach King of Ulaid in Co. Antrim & Co. Down in the east of the Ulster Province.

1326 AD John Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald the 1st English Earl of Kildare rebuilt the Castle of the Heberian Eoghanacht O Donovans on the Margue River in Co. Limerick in the north - west of the Munster Province.

Richard de Burgo / Burke the English Red Earl of Ulster, died, and was buried at Athassel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province and the castle he had built at Ballymote in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province was taken over by Turlough O Connor the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Connacht, then later on by their Ui Briuin kinsmen the Mac Donaghs and finally by Red Hugh O Donnell the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King of Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell now known as Co. Donegal in the west of the Ulster Province.

1327 AD Simon Purcell / Puirseil the English Norman Sheriff of Kilkenny City in Ossory / Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster was killed along with 20 others while fighting against the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Connla O Brennans.

Fergal was now the Heberian Cianacht Luigni King who had his territory at Leyney in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province.

Robert the Bruce was in the Ulster Province again and Robert Outlaw the English Chancellor in Ireland was sent to the north to discuss with those in Ulster whose loyalty was suspect. - English Law - No Irish Law, March Law - boundaries and Brehon Law - Irish.

The Fitz Geralds the Anglo - Norman Geraldines, de Berminghams and their followers fought the Anglo - Norman Powers, and de Burghos / Burkes and also involved were the Walls / de Valle, St. Aubyns / Tobin, Keatings and the whole of the south of the Leinster Province was ablaze and Fitz Gerald the 1^st English Earl of Desmond now conducted open war against the English Government in Ireland, with factions around different families. An English jury later found that Fitz Gerald the 1st Earl of Desmond wanted to bring back ancient Irish provincial kingdoms with himself as the High King.

1328 AD James Butler, the son of Edmund Butler, whose ancestor had been Theobold Fitz Walter the original butler / le Buitleir to Prince John, was now appointed as the 1st English Earl of Ormonde in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster until 1337 AD and he expanded the territory of the Earldom eastwards taking in Kilkenny City. The Le Poers / Powers the Anglo - Norman Barons were in the south with the other Anglo - Norman Barons, the de Barrys, the Roches, the Cogans, the Cantetons / Candons and Purcells, while the Archbolds, Harolds, Lawlesses and Rochforts were in the Leinster Province. The Logans, Mandevilles and Savages also Anglo - Norman Barons were in the Ulster Province, and the Tivyts, Flemings and Petits were in Meath in Northern Leinster, while the Exeters and the Barretts were in the Connacht Province.

The son of Cu " Mana" Mac Namara was killed in a contest against Brian "Bane O Brian.

Murtough / Muirchertach O Brian was still the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain King of Tuaisceart Mhumhain / Thomond / Northern Munster

John Darcy who was reappointed the English Chief Governor in Ireland demanded all Irishmen should have some status under English Law as Englishmen.

1329 AD The Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Cu Corb Ui Connla O Brennans burnt Drumhythyr / Kilmadum in the north- east of Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster, in the Cantred of Oskelan.

Cathal, the son of Donnell, was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Breifne in their territory in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht.

Kerns - foot soldiers - belonging to John de Bermingham the English appointed Earl of Louth who had his manor at Braganstown murdered a man at Ardee and the townspeople there killed his retainers and pursued the rest to Braganstown where the Earl refused to hand them over so they murdered him and his brother and 8 others of his kin although the English Norman Baron, Talbot / Talboid and 12 others from the English Gentry along with 150 others where staying there at the time.

Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald was created the English 1st Earl of Desmond in Southern Munster.

1330 AD Another Norman English Parliament was held in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster and an army assembled with the intention of driving Brian O Brian from Urkuffs near Cashel in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province. Walter de Bermingham along with another member of the de Bermingham family were created Knights by Walter de Burgho / Burke the English Earl of Ulster in a camp near Moyalby, Richard de la Rokel and Gilbert de Bermingham were created Knights by Sir Walter de Burgho, Edmund le Buitleir / Butler, Robert Travers and Patrick Travers were created Knights by James Butler the 1st Earl of Ormonde, John de St. Aubyn / Tobin and John Monsell were created Knights by Sir William de Bermingham

Gilla Isa "Ruadh" / of Red Complexion was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Breifne who had his territory in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht and would be followed by Art as the King of Breifne.

Intended English Ordinance in Ireland that all "free Irish men" should have available to them the English Law but it was too late as the Irish were still under the Irish Brehon Law and there was still a large Irish population.

In March: English Law was imposed in Ireland with heavy burdens on the population and Richard Fitz Ralph the Archbishop of Armagh denounced it as the "Law of the Devil."

Edward 111 the Norman English King sent over Anthony Lacy to be the new English Justiciar in Ireland to undo whatever Roger Mortimer had done and to restore English authority in Ireland and attack Maurice Fitz Thomas Fitz Gerald the 1st Earl of Desmond and arrest any of the lower English Norman Barons such as Henry de Mandeville, Walter de Burgho and Walter, and William de Bermingham who was to be executed in 1332 AD in July. This action was to really shock the "Anglo - Irish" / Old English and led to no more casual treason being carried out by them to the English cause in Ireland.

+On to 1331 AD - 1340 AD

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