Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Edward Bruce, to whom the Irish chiefs thus ” transferred their own right of royal dominion,” was the brother of the victorious King Robert of Scotland.     Brave and resolute, but reckless and imprudent, he had shared the toils and glories of his brother. Accepting the invitation, Edward Bruce landed either at Larne or at the [...]

Domhnall O’Neill, the signatory to this ” Remonstrance,” was the son of Brian of Down, who had been acknowledged as Ard Ri at the conference of Caol Uisge. Despite the gloomy tone in which he writes, the Irish had, for some time past, been fairly successful in checking the progress of the invaders. Domhnall had [...]