Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Above: King John King Henry died in the year 1189, and was succeeded by his son Richard the Lion Hearted. Richard took no interest in Ireland, and left the whole management of its affairs to his brother John, who, in 1189, appointed Hugh de Lacy lord justice, in place of John de Courcy. At this [...]

Above: Century of Turmoil King John was succeeded, in 1216, by his son Henry III, who was then a boy of nine years old. The century that elapsed from the death of John to the invasion of Edward Bruce was a period of strife and bloodshed, a period of woe and misery for the common [...]