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                                                                                 1371 AD - 1380 AD 

1371 AD As a sign of things to come William Power / Le Poer from a leading Anglo - Irish family in Co. Waterford in the south - east of the Munster Province was sent to jail as he could not speak a word of English.

 1371 - 1372 AD Another Norman - English Parliament met in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of the Leinster Province.

1372 AD William / Uilliam "Oc - Og" the Younger" was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Maine King who had his territory in the east  of Co. Galway and nearby near Athlone in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province.

     William of Windsor was withdrawn back to England from Ireland as their appointed English Chief Governor in Ireland.

1373 AD William of Windsor was re - appointed as the English Chief Governor in Ireland with a substantial English army, which was again heavily subsidized.

1374 AD The Abbot at Dunbrody Abbey in Co. Wexford in the south - east of Southern Leinster was created a Bishop and he sat as a Baron in the Norman English Parliament in Kilkenny City were they appointed Sir William Windsor as the English Lord Lieutenant in Ireland.

1375 AD A Norman English Parliament was held in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster  where the Shires refused to send representatives to England because of the customs of the land of Ireland.

     Donough Kavanagh / Donnchad Caomhanach was the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Ui Cheinnselaig King of Leinster descended from 113,Diarmait Mac Murrough "na Gall" the 59th King of Leinster. - The Ennis Abbey in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province at this time had 350 Friars and 600 Students attending there.

   The English Government erected walls around Limerick City in Co. Limerick in the north - west of the Munster Province to keep out the Irish Septs. 

    James Butler the 2nd English Earl of Ormonde in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster captured the adjacent fortress of Cahir in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province, which was a Heberian Dal gCais Ui Bloid Ui Turlough Ui mBriain O Brian stronghold that had been built by Conor O Brian one of the Kings of Thomond / Northern Munster in the 12th Century AD.

October 16th: Another Norman English Parliament was held in Kilkenny City in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster where in a stand of defiance they refused to grant Richard 11 the Norman Plantagenet English King, a subsidy and Nicholas Dagworth his representative, advised them that they would have to elect representatives to go to England to assemble themselves before the English King and this further upset many of them.

1376 AD Teague / Tadhg was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Breifne who would be followed by Tiernan / Tigernan as the next King of Breifne.  - Aed O Toole / Ua Tuathail was the Heremonian Ui Laoghaire Ui Lughaidh Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge King in Co. Wicklow in the south - east of Southern Leinster.

1377 AD Mael Seachlann 2nd was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Maine King who had his territory in the east of Co. Galway and nearby near Athlone in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province. -  Fachtna O Moore / Ui Morda was the Irian Laoghis King  in Co. Laois / Leix in the mid - north - west of Southern Leinster.

      The Anglo - Norman Burkes from Galway invaded the Mac Namaras from the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Clan Culien in Co. Clare in the north - west of the Munster Province who were led by Hugh Mac Namara, whose mother was a daughter of O Daly of Corcomroe, who drove them off. Theobold Burke, the son of Ulick Burke the leader of the Burkes along with 3 of the sons of O Heyne, and many others from the Clan Rickard were killed i the conflict.  

     Richard 11 the new Norman Plantagenet King of England who was only 10 year old who was advised by "councils" was at war with Scotland and France and was therefore unable to send English Militia to back up the English in Ireland who now only controlled the area surrounding the "The English Pale" around Dublin in Co. Dublin in the north - east of Southern Leinster, which now only extended for 12 mile on each side on the coast and 30 miles inland. - (The Mounted Infantry at this time were known as the Hobilars). 

1378 AD  The Irish Septs set fire to the City of Cork, in Co. Cork in Southern Munster, which had been under the control of the English for the previous 90 years.  - Teige Mac Namara, the son of Loghlen Mac Namara, was slain by Hugh Mac Namara, the son of the daughter of O Daly. - Mahon Mac Namara, the son of John Mac Namara, died this year also.    

1379 AD Mortimer was appointed as the English Chief Governor at 20 marks a year.

1380 AD Cumara "Gearr" - the Short Mac Namara / "The Mac Namara" was slain by his own kinsmen.

     The Statute of Absentees was passed.   

     Richard de Burgo the Norman English Baron, the Red Earl of Ulster's fortress was at Molville Castle in Co. Donegal in the north - west of the Ulster Province. 

                                                                     +On to 1381 AD - 1390 AD

 

                                                                          

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