Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

The Irish had naturally taken a keen interest in the struggle of their neighbours and kinsmen • He had annexed Wales to England in 1283. In Scotland. Their own condition is well set out in a ” Remonstrance ” which was sent to the Pope about this time by Domhnall O’Neill, King of Aileach.* After [...]

To the overlordship which we have seen the O’Neills had obtained over clans outside of Tir Eoghain was now added a supremacy over nearly all the country east of the Bann. They now adopt the title of ” King of Ulster ” to indicate their leadership over all the north. The name of the Norman [...]