Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

The north had been the headquarters of the invaders, and, consequently, the settlers of ” Ulster ” had suffered heavily. Some of them, indeed, not taking kindly to the De Burgh supremacy, had sided with the Bruces. Their neighbours on the west of the Bann—the O’Neills—were steadily advancing in power under Domhnall, and his son, [...]

The most bitter quarrel of all, and one which had most important results, was that which ended in the assassination of the last De Burgh Earl of ” Ulster.” The ” Red Earl ” had died in 1326 in the monastery of Athaisil He had been succeeded by his grandson, the ” Brown Earl.” William De [...]