Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

Lionel, Duke of Clarence, came back to Ireland in 1364, and again in 1367. On his third visit he summoned a Parliament at Kilkenny, and got it to pass the best known of the anti-Irish decrees, since known as the ” Statute of Kilkenny.” Above: minstrels in Ireland This famous statue shows the extent to [...]

The chiefs and lords, in fact, enjoyed their freedom from control. During all this period they ruled Ireland unchecked by any central Government, and they did not desire to be therwise. Lords and chiefs, great and small, Irish and Norman, overned their clans or followers and fought their rivals without any preference. To a few [...]