Ireland History – Northern Irish History Belfast Dublin

The important strategic ” causeway ” which led from Trim to Athlone has been noticed in dealing with the early settlement. In the general decay of English power, this important line of communication with Connacht now disappears. This lead to the fall of the English regime. The march of Bruce through the midlands must have contributed [...]

The settlers had suffered most from the effects of the invasion, and of the evils which had accompanied it.   They had all the weakness of a foreign element which needed externalhelp to enable it to develop. And this external help, as already noted  had for some time been missing. The Bruces had been fought by [...]