Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

An accidental spark set the fire materials alight. Hugh Maguire, reigning chief of Fermanagh, had been exasperated by the outrages inflicted on his people by a certain Captain Willis and his band of disorderly followers, who had come into his territory in a supposed official capacity, and he had driven the intruders out. In 1593 [...]

English Titles were given to Irish Chiefs.Con Bacach was not the only Irish chief on whom an English title was bestowed. Macgillaphadrich was made Baron of Upper Ossory ; O’Brien, Earl of Thomond ; while the ” Old Foreigners of Ireland,” Mac William Oughter (Burke) became Earl of Clanrickard. During the closing years of Henry’s [...]