Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

   Above: Picture of Richard II Ireland now entered the international arena, and England was confronted in her foreign affairs, for the first time, by ” the Irish Question.” The King of England at that time was Richard II. Vain, impulsive, and ambitious, he became a candidate for the Imperial Crown of the ” Holy [...]

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 [...]