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Events

  • 25 March - Lord Nicholas de Verdun buried at Drogheda
    Drogheda
    Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. It is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before it enters the Irish Sea....

     "with great splendour and solemn rites and with many in the procession to the convent."

  • "On the same day at Kilkenny
    Kilkenny
    Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...

    , Lady Isabella Palmer, who had build the front of the friars choir, was committed to the earth; she had reached a praiseworthy old age and, having lived about 70 years religiously and honourably in her widowhood and in virginity, as it was said and believed, she passed from this life."

  • 11 November - "The earldom of Ormond and its regalities was granted to James Butler, the younger, by the King."

  • 2 December "The confraternity of the Friars Minor of Kilkenny was established for the purpose of erecting a new bell tower and for repairing the church."

  • 25 December - "At Christmas, Domhnall Ó Ceinnéidigh, son of Phillip, conspired with the Irish of Munster, Connacht, Meath and Leinster, and they burnt and destroyed the town of Nenagh
    Nenagh
    Nenagh is the county town of North Tipperary in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of North Tipperary and in 2011 it had a recorded population of 7,995. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower...

     and the whole neighbourhood and all the Ormond castles except the castle of Nenagh."
    (see also 28 March 1348 and 2 June 1348).

Ongoing Events

  • "Maurice Fitz Thomas, Earl of Kildare, and Lord Fulk de la Freigne, having been called and invited by the King entered France
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     for the Siege of Calais that lasted from the preceding feast of the nativity of blessed Mary right up to the feast of St. Laurence, martyr. And then after many attacks and dreadful and incredible famine the French were compelled to submit they keys of the city and themselves to the mercy of the King of England."

Events of Unknown date

  • Ballymote Castle
    Ballymote Castle
    Ballymote Castle is a large rectangular keepless castle, built around 1300. It is located in the townland of Carrownanty on the outskirts of Ballymote in southern County Sligo, Ireland. This area was known historically as Átha Cliath an Chorainn, which roughly translates as The Ford of the Hurdles...

     was taken by the Mac Diarmada
    MacDermot
    Mac Diarmata is an Irish surname, and the surname of the ruling dynasty of Moylurg, a kingdom that existed in Connacht from the 10th to 16th centuries.-Overview:...

    , from the O'Connors of Sligo
    O Connor Sligo
    Ó Conchobhair Sligigh , Gaelic-Irish family and Chief of the Name.The Ó Conchobhair Sligigh were a branch of the Ó Conchobhair Kings of Connacht....

     during the course of local struggles in 1347.
  • "The Friars Preachers of Ireland obtained an exemption and permission to eat flesh outside (the priory) from the lord Pope Clement VI
    Pope Clement VI
    Pope Clement VI , bornPierre Roger, the fourth of the Avignon Popes, was pope from May 1342 until his death in December of 1352...

    , that from the beginning of their religious (life) they did not have before."
  • "Friar Richard, Bishop of Ossory, obtained exemption from the jurisdiction and supremacy of the archbishop of Dublin at the Roman Curia
    Curia
    A curia in early Roman times was a subdivision of the people, i.e. more or less a tribe, and with a metonymy it came to mean also the meeting place where the tribe discussed its affairs...

    ."
  • "Ferghal son of Ualgharc Ua Ruairc, was killed by the son of Cathal Mac Donnchaidh the Cleric."
  • "Brian Mac Diarmata, one fit to be king of Magh-Luirg, was killed in the town of Ros-Comain, whilst he was with the bishop Ua Finachta, with one shot of an arrow. And the person to whom the discharge of the shot was brought home was mangled and killed therefor, namely, Ruaidhri Ua Donnchadha of the Chamber."
  • "Brian Ua Briain was killed in treachery by the sons of Mac Ceothach"
  • "Aedh, son of Aedh Ua Concobuir the Brefnian, king of Connacht, was killed by Aedh Ua Ruairc on Magh-Enghaide."
  • "The church of Kilronan was re-erected by Farrell O'Duigenan."
  • "Maurice Mac Dermot was slain by John Roe Mac David Burke."
  • "Teige Mac Rannall, Chief of Muintir-Eolais, was taken prisoner by the Clann-Murtough O'Conor."
  • "William Mac David Burke was slain at Ballintober by Teige Roe Mac Dermot Gall."
  • "Thomas Mac Artan, Lord of Iveagh, in Ulidia, was hanged by the English."

Deaths

  • 10 July - Roger de la Freigne, Seneschal of Kilkenny.
  • 7 December - Oliver de la Freigne, Seneschal of Kilkenny.

Deaths of unknown date

  • Maelmaedhog Ó Taichligh, Official of Lough Erne.
  • Eoghan mac Murchadh Ó Mhadáin, Chief of Síol Anmchadha.
  • Aengus, the son of Gara Ó Ó Mhadáin, died.
  • Gilla na Naemh mac Geoffrey mac Gilla na Naemh Ó Fearghail, Lord of Annaly
    Annaly
    Annaly was a medieval lordship in central Ireland.Its territory roughly coincided with modern County Longford. It was associated with the O'Farrell family. The history of the Lords of Annaly is mentioned in the Annals of the Four Masters....

    , at Cluainliosbeg.
  • Siry Ó Curnin, a learned poet and Ollamh of Bréifne
  • Aenghus Ó hEoghusa, a general, expert proficient in the arts of poetry.
  • Aengus Ruadh mac Donnchadh mac Aengus mac Donnchadh Mor Ó Dalaigh, Sage.
  • Finola, daughter of Mac Fineen, and wife of Fearghail Ó Duibhgeannáin.
  • Henry, son of Hugh Boy O'Neill
  • Finola, daughter of Melaghlin Ó Raghallaigh.
  • Gilladubh Mac Gillamochua, died.
  • Donough mac Aedh Oge Ó Fearghail.
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