Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

This title of Lord of Ireland, Henry now desired to alter. It had been conferred on his ancestor by the Pope, and therefore to reject it would be a new mark of independence of the Papal power. Besides this, it was considered that a King of Ireland would command more respect. King of Ireland then [...]

O’Donnell was found willing, and in the spring of 1538 the Lady Eleanor, with Gerald and his tutor, journeyed from Cork to Donegal, where the marriage was celebrated. The lady at once bestirred herself to form a confederacy of the northern and western chiefs, the ostensible object of which was the protection of her nephew [...]