In Lcinster also the two important " belts " which connected Dublin with the south were in peril. From the slopes of the mountains the clans attacked both the road by the coast and that through the plains. The latter also was assailed on the other side by the clans of the midland " island ", Lysaght O'Moore recapturing Dunamase and many other castles in 1329, and Conall O'Moore capturing others in 1346. The O'Connors recovered much of Ui Failghe from the ... Read More

The important strategic " causeway " which led from Trim to Athlone has been noticed in dealing with the early settlement. In the general decay of English power, this important line of communication with Connacht now disappears. This lead to the fall of the English regime. The march of Bruce through the midlands must have contributed materially to the effects of the attacks upon it of the clans of Meath. After the invasion these attacks were resumed by the chiefs of Meath* and O'Connor of ... Read More