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1361 AD - 1376 AD At this time very heavy costs were noted by the English Parliament to maintain their armies in Ireland while there was also war with France and Scotland at the same time.

1361 AD The English King, Edward 111 sent his second son, Lionel the designated English Earl of Ulster who was to be later on the appointed English Governor - aka the Duke of Clarence as his Military Commander and 700 mounted archers, which cost a lot and English taxpayers complained in the English Parliament and a period of heavy subsidies to maintain the oppression in Ireland continued as there was an all out attempt made to push back the frontiers in Ireland against the Irish. He was able to capture Art Mac Murrough the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig King of Leinster and also take over some land in the Munster Province and this increased their revenue area.

20% of the population in Ireland were lost to the Plague this year.

1362 AD St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin in the mid - east of the Leinster Province was burnt down.

1364 AD Aed "Mor" O Niall finally became the King of Ulster and a junior branch of the the Northern Ui Niaill Cenel nEogain Clann Aedha Bhuidhe O Nialls of Clannaboy was firmly established in the north - east in the ruins of the Anglo - Norman earldom of Ulster.

Donnell 3rd - Domnall was the Ui Maine King in the east of Co. Galway & Athlone in Co. Roscommon in Eastern Connacht.

Aed "Remor" was the Dal Fiatach King of Ulaid in Co. Antrim & Co. Down in Eastern Ulster.

The Heberian Dal gCais O Brians had the Carrigogunnell Castle built on the Maigue River in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province.

The English King Edward 111 noted the dissension between the English born English, and the Irish born English Anglo - Irish and saw that a remedy needed to be found.

1365 AD Cormac was the Heberian Cianachta Luigni King at Leyney in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province. - Brian was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn 3 Colla King of Orghialla - Airghialla - Oriel in Co. Monaghan & Co. Armagh in Southern Ulster.

Mac Dermott "Roe" - of Red Complexion founded the Cloonshanville Abbey, a Dominican Friary at Frenchpark in Co. Roscommon in Eastern Connacht dedicated to the Holy Cross and the ruins are still there.

1366 AD Conor - Conchobar was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Mag Luirc at Moylurg in Co. Roscommon in Eastern Connacht.

The Statutes of Kilkenny were introduced in Ireland in another Norman - English Parliament stating that there was to be no distinction between English born in Ireland and the English born in England and no abusive names were to be used, with the intention to preserve Englishness and retain their perceived superiority distinct of Irishness. The English King, Edward 111 informed the Parliament that Irish revenues will become profitable once again if this policy was kept up. His son, Lionel the Duke of Clarence, who had been married to the de Burgho heiress in the Ulster Province had called the Parliament at the castle at Kilkenny in Co. Kilkenny - Ossory were he introduced the 35 Statutes of Kilkenny to wipe out the English "degenerates" and their Irish "enemies." It was directed at the degenerate English, the loyal English, the Anglo - Irish and the Irish "enemy" against their Irish customs, Irish language, Irish dress, Irish games, Irish manners of riding, Irish working of the land and Irish fosterage. Intermarriage with the Irish was punishable by death, Irish ways and the Brehon Law were banned and the Irish clergy were excluded to them. This was to be carried out against any of the English who "live and govern themselves according to the manners, fashion and language of the Irish enemies."

To exclude the Irish further the English Government began re - building in earnest the The English Pale surrounding Dublin in mid - eastern Leinster to Drogheda in Co. Louth in the north - east Leinster, from which the Irish were to be totally excluded, as they began extending it out from Dublin. At this time it took in Co. Kildare, Co. Kilkenny, Co. Louth, Co. Meath, Co. Tipperary, Trim, Co. Waterford and Co. Wexford and they brought in the English Planters from Bristol in England. They then began further ethnic cleansing by continuing to kill as many of the Irish as possible to extend it even further out, who never the less resisted and continued to fight back against their continuing encroachment into their individual territories. Lionel the Duke of Clarence was recalled to England marry the niece of the wealthy Visconti of Milan and there was a break between the next English Military Governor appointed to Ireland and this allowed the Irish Septs to regain some foothold.

1367 AD Cu Chonnacht O Reilly - Ua Raghailligh was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of East Breifne in Co. Cavan in Southern Ulster.

1367 AD - 1369 AD Edward Fitz Gerald the 2nd Earl of Desmond - Southern Munster was briefly the appointed English Justiciar in Ireland with Lordship from Co. Kerry and Co. Limerick, through Co. Cork as far as to the west of Co. Waterford with most now becoming more "Irish then the Irish" away from the English dominance in the southwest.

1367 - 1369 AD Turlough "Maol" O Brian became the next Heberian Dalcassian King of Munster as he was a brother of Mahon "Moinmoy" O Brian, who had died.

1368 AD Niall was the Dal Fiatach King of Ulaid in Co. Antrim & Co. Down in Eastern Ulster.

1369 AD Phillip - Pilib was the Heremonian Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Breifne in Co. Leitrim in Northern Connacht.

Gerald Kavanagh - Geralt "Caomhanach" was the Heremonian Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig King of Leinster descended from 113,Diarmait Mac Murrough na Gall the 59th King of Leinster. and was to be followed by Diarmait "Lamderg." 1469 AD ?

1369 AD - 1399 AD Brian "Catha an Aenagh" O Brian became the new King of Thomond - Northern Munster when he drove out his nephew, Turlough O Brian who went to Limerick to seek aid from the Norman - English Baron, Gerald - Garret Fitz Gerald the 3rd English Earl of Desmond - Southern Munster. Brian "Catha an Aenagh" O Brian met them with a large force of his Dalcassians at Croom were many of the English forces were slain and were heavily defeated including John Fitz Nicholas, Sir Thomas Fitz John and Garret Fitz Gerald the 3rd Earl of Desmond himself and many other nobles were taken prisoner. The Irish Septs then sacked Limerick City were they left Sheeda Cam Mac Namara their Lord Marshall in charge and he was to be murdered there by the English who had remained behind. The English Landlords began abandoning their Irish holdings by selling the land back to the Irish due to the English Government prohibiting the passage of men, horses and provisions from Ireland.

March: William of Windsor was appointed the new English Chief Governor in Ireland and English Military Commander with a substantial army but he fell out with the English Planters as he tried to raise further revenues.

1370 AD St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin in the mid - east of the Leinster Province was rebuilt and a tower added and an Augustinian monastery was founded in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province.

+On to 1371 AD - 1380 AD

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