Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

This proved, in the event, to be the last return of Garrett to Ireland. He must have realised that the crisis was approachinor himself and for his country. His enemies were powerful. Anne Boleyn, a relative of Butler, had now won a sinister influence over the King, and Piers Butler had resigned to her father, [...]

Of the family of Garrett, only two male representatives survived; Thomas’ little half-brothers, Gerald and Edward, aged respectively twelve and nine. Of these, the younger was in England in King Henry’s power, but the elder and more important remained in Ireland. Henry earnestly desired to obtain possession of him, and the boy’s own uncle, Lord [...]