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1503 AD The Pope revoked Alexander VI's previous Bull of 1497 AD that banned the Catholic Irish and Anglo - Irish pilgrimages to St. Patrick's Purgatory on Station Island in Co. Donegal in the west of the Ulster Province.

1504 AD Henry V11 the Welsh English King had Sir Leonard Grey carry out a wide spread campaign in Ireland against the Irish Septs of the O Connors in the Connacht Province, the O Carrolls of Ely in Co. Offaly in the north - west of Southern Leinster, the Mac Geoghegans from the "Southern" Ui Niaill in Northern Leinster, the O Malleys from the Ui Briuin in Co. Mayo in the mid - west of the Connacht Province, the Cu Corb Ui Dunlainge O Tooles in the south - east of Southern Leinster and the Heberian Dal gCais Ui mBriain O Brians in Thomond / Northern Munster.

Conor / Conchobar Mac Dermot was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn Ui Briuin King of Moylurg / Mag Luirc who had their territory in Co. Roscommon in the east of the Connacht Province.

Mac William Burke the Anglo - Irish Earl of Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province asked Turlough "Don" O Brian with his Dalcassians, Mulroney O Carroll the Lord of Ely and his Cianachta Sept and many more from the Ormond Septs in Co. Tipperary to help him against his enemies and they went into battle at Knockdoe 8 miles west of Galway in Co. Galway in Southern Connacht were 2,000 of the Ormond troops were killed and this played further into the English hands weakening more of the Irish Septs.

During this period the Scottish settlers who were in Ireland were on the small farms.

1505 AD Hugh / Aed "Ruadh" - of Red Complexion O Donnell / The O Donnell was the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King of Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell in their territory in Co. Donegal in west of the Ulster Province and he began construction of the Donegal Castle there in Donegal town itself.

Piers Butler became the English appointed 1st Earl of Ossory and the 8^th English Earl of Ormonde in Co. Kilkenny in the south - west of Southern Leinster until 1539 AD who was a great - great - grandson of James the previous 3^rd English Earl of Ormonde and he built Ballinakill Castle at Paulstown nearby in Co. Tipperary in the north - east of the Munster Province 2 mile south west of Roscrea.

1506 AD A monument was erected in the Sligo Abbey in Co. Sligo in the north - west of the Connacht Province to Cormac O Craian and his wife, Aecca, who had died and were buried there.

1508 AD Gerald "Mor" Fitz Gerald the 8th Anglo - Irish Earl of Kildare with the English Military forces captured the city of Cork in Co. Cork in Southern Munster for Henry V11 the Welsh English King and then advanced onto the city of Limerick in Co. Limerick in the mid - north - west of the Munster Province and the Dalcassians across the River Shannon in Co. Clare were observing their every move and anticipating the forthcoming attack on them. The Mac Namaras who where the Heberian Dal gCais Ui Caisin Lord Marshalls for the Ui mBriain Septs were backed up by Mac William Burke the the Anglo - Irish Earl of Clan Rickarde with his entire forces. Gerald “Mor” Fitz Gerald the leader of the English Military force had already destroyed the bridge near Portoroise across the River Shannon at Castle Connell on the boundary with Co. Clare so instead of waiting for the English forces to attack the Dalcassians went on the offensive and crossed the bridge to the north - east at Killaloe and proceeded down the eastern bank of the River Shannon to take the English force head on. This forced Gerald “Mor” Fitz Gerald the 8th Earl of Kildare to withdraw further south back towards Limerick where the battle was to continue all day until the English forces and their Irish allies were defeated. Gerald “Mor” Fitz Gerald nor his son Garrett Fitz Gerald who was to follow after him in the service of England were never ever to attack Co. Clare again.

Margaret O Rourke of West Breifne, the wife of Eogan O Rourke, rebuilt the Franciscan Creevelea Friary in Co. Roscommon - Co. Leitrim in the Connacht Province, situated on the River Bonet, which still exists today although a ruin without its roof, and it was to be the last Franciscan Friary to be built before the confiscations and destruction of the Catholic Institutions, which were to come under Henry Tudor the VIII the future 2nd Welsh English King,

A memorial to James Shortall who was descended from the original Soirteil or Seartal family who had arrived in Ireland in the 13th Century AD whose family had also become "More Irish then the Irish," was constructed by O Tunney at St. Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny in Co. Kilkenny / Ossory in the south - west of Southern Leinster and it is still there to be seen today.

1509 AD Henry Tudor VII the first Welsh English King, died, and his second son Henry VIII became the second Welsh King of England and married his brother's widow, Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the King and Queen of Spain, after seeking a dispensation from the Pope as she had been the previous young widow of his older brother, Arthur who had died when he was only 16 year old and Henry V111, 11 years old. Henry V11 had kept her in England after Arthur's death for this specific purpose.

1510 AD Turlough O Donnell was the "The O Donnell" the Heremonian Ui Cobhthaigh Dal Cuinn "Northern" Ui Niaill Cenel Conaill King of Tir Conaill / Tyrconnell in their territory in Co. Donegal in the west of the Ulster Province.

1510 - 1522 AD Turlough “Don” O Brian was now the "The O Brian" the Heberian Dalcassian King of Thomond in their territory in Northern Munster.

James Fitz Gerald was the 15th Anglo - Irish Earl of Desmond in Southern Munster.

+On to 1511 AD - 1520 AD

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