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 Henry was declared, by an Act of the Parliament which met in Dublin in the June of 1541. This Parliament was the largest and most impressive that had ... Read More

Richard at once determined upon a second expedition to chastise the Irish, and again landed at Waterford (June 1399). With an army nearly as large as on his first visit, he proceeded to Kilkenny, and from that city he marched directly against Mac Murrough. Slowly retreating across the Barrow and the Slaney, Art kept up a continuous opposition to the English King's advance. Richard burned the villages on his way, and forced the peasantry to cut passages through the woods. But his army ... Read More