Fermanagh (in Enneskillen) precursor to the Irish Free State in 1922

Year	Maguires	McCaffreys
	/Ireland	/England
----	--------------------	----------------------
1264	Supplant Devin	supported the Maguires.
1395	Fully control the county.
	Hugh Maguire has a castle
	in Enniskillen.
1428	Maguires in Lisnaskea were	supported Thomas Maguire
	hostile.	and Philip Maguire.
1470		Outsiders eg Monaghan
	beat Maguires who are
	weakened by in-fighting.
c1490	John Maguire becomes
	King of Fermanagh.
1495		Gillie McCaffrey kills
		a Philip Maguire.
1518	Philip Maguire sends	O'Neill takes them
	Aodh MacGafraidh to	hostage
	deal with Henry O'Neill
	Philip kills a friend
	of O'Neill
1532	Maguire goes to fight	Gillie Mac Gafraidh
	the O'Neils	is slain
1533	Redmond Maguire insults	Clann McCaffrey kills
	wife of Cormac Mc Caffrey	Redmond
1535	Both families raid O'Neils	Together
1535	Feud starts between
	Maguires and O'Neils
1536	O'Neils & rebel Maguires	McCaffreys remain loyal
	attack King Maguire	to King Maguire. They
	stop the invasion.
1538	Maguires & McCaffreys
	and others fight the	King Henry VIII named himself
	English	as head of Church of Ireland
1539	Irish rebel again	King Henry VIII defeats them
	and takes their land.
1539	Maguires & McCaffreys
	refuse to submit
1566	O'Neills invade
	Fermanagh but
	King Cuchonnact Maguire
	beats him but cannot
	beat the English.
1586		Irish lose, all their land
		is divided into English shires.
1589	King Hugh Maguire on	English appoint a sheriff
	throne of Fermanagh
1593		English sheriff kills many
	King Hugh Maguire &
	McCaffreys start war	The Nine-Years War begins.
	King Hugh is driven out	The McCaffrey chief is killed.
1594	King Hugh returns
	with O'Donnells &
	McCaffreys
1595	King Hugh wins back
	Enniskillen
1596	Unending Peace talks	with the English.
1597		English send 2 forces attacking
	Both are driven back	both East and West.
1602	Spanish arrive to	English beat the Spanish, also
	defend the Irish.	terrible Irish losses of men.
	O'Neils & O'Donnells
	surrender. So does King
	Cuchonnacht Maguire
	and the McCaffrey chief.
1607	King Maguire to Italy
	"The flight of the Earls".
	The chieftains will all
	die elsewhere.
1602		King James I confiscated all of
		Fermanagh and all other counties.
1612	O'Neill became a servitor	McCaffrey chief retained
	of Conor Roe Maguire.	Magerstephana area.
		Calvanistic Scots got more land
		than the English.
1625		Charles I becomes King of England
		Civil war ensued
	Northern Ireland fell to
	the Puritan parliamentary
	side (who will lose
	all eventually.)
1640		Phelim O'Neill supports King
		Charles I. He proclaims "to
		not harm English nor Scots". But
		he cannot control his army
		who starts killing...
1641	Revolt of 1641	McCaffreys start killing Protestants
		at the village of Lisnarick.
		12,000 Protestants are killed
	Brian Maguire warned	O'Neills and O'Donnells joined
	Sir William Cole of the	the Revolt.
	rebellion.
1642		Irish Bishops drew up a constitution.
		-Scottish General Munro was defeated
		by O'Neill.
		-Catholic confederacy forces (loyal
		to Charles I) were defeated by O'Neill.
1649		Charles I is executed.
		Cromwell takes charge of England.
		Cromwell goes to Ireland and commences
		a premeditated slaughter of 6,000
		people of all ages and sexes.
		Army chief Eoghan Rua O'Neill was killed.
		Rory Maguire, King of Fermanagh also killed.
		Heber MacMahon was a poor general and
		all his troops were killed. All resistance
		to Cromwell ended in Northern Ireland.
		30 years of depression and famine began.
1654		Parlement declared
		death to any Irish person found alive
		east of the Shannon River. Catholic priests
		were killed on sight. In Fermanagh,
		Mccaffreys stayed as serfs.
1660	England abandoned the
	Cromwellian protectorate.
	Charles II assumed the
	throne with Catholic
	sympathies.
1685	James II assumed the
	throne He named Duke of
	Tyrconnel, a Catholic,
	as Lord Lieutenant Of
	Ireland.
c1687		James II was deposed.
		William of Orange & Mary assumed the throne.
		James II fled to France
1689	James II returned to
	Ireland was welcomed by
	Tyrconnel and his Irish
	army.
1690		William & his army arrived in June.
	Cunnought Mor Maguire led
	theIrish army with a chief
	of McCaffrey leading his
	own regiment. These armies
	were Irish loyalists to
	the core and were loyal
	to James II. Battles went
	well at first.
		But the Irish army was defeated by
		King William of Orange.
1691		King William won the final battle at
		Aughrim in July 12.
	The Jacobeans lost pitifully.
	The Irish army and its
	leaders were nearly all cut to
	pieces. They surrendered at
	Limerick and all Irish
	soldiers went to France.
		In Fermanagh, the Protestants
		kept their land. The McCaffreys
		stayed in Fermanagh. The
		Catholics were replaced by
		Scots. The remaining Irish
		may not vote, own a horse,
		become priests or receive
		an education.
1796		The United Irishmen, founded
		by Theobald Wolfe Tone
		unsuccessfully tried to revolt.
1798		The 1798 Rebellion of Catholics
		and Presbyterians etc failed.
1800		The Irish Parlement is closed
1829	Catholic Emancipation succeeds
	under Daniel O'Connell giving
	the vote and civil liberties
	to some.
1842		O'Connell is defeated at clontarf
1845-49		All is destroyed by the Famine.
1848	A minor rebellion occurs.
1900		The population in 1843 of 8 million is
		down to 7 million by 1900
1911-12	Attempted passages of Home
	Rule bills fail.
1914		A Home Rule Bill passes but is suspended
		for the duration of WW I
1916	April 23 Suddenly all changes
	on Easter Sunday
	April 24 Proclamation of the
	Republic & Occupation of
	many buildings.
		April 25 Martial Law is declared
		But the McCaffrey clan no
		longer exists, except for
		a few with this same name
		in Fermanagh.
	Apr to Dec: Many acts of
	rebellion.
1916	Dec 21 All Irish prisoners are
	released.
1917	Mar 7 Britain offers
	self-government to
	all parts of Ireland that
	want it.
	May 16 David Lloyd-George
	announces Home Rule for
	the 26 counties of Ireland.
	Oct 25 De Valera becomes leader
	of Sinn Fein
1918	Dec 28 Sinn Fein win 73 of
	the 105 seats in Ireland.
1919	Jan 21 Dail Eireann (Irish Sinn
	Fein parlement meets for
	the first time)
	Sept 12 Dail Eireann is
	declared illegal by Britain
	Nov 4 Britain creates two
	Home Rule parliaments -
	in Dublin and Belfast.
1920	May 2 Viscount Fitzalan, a
	Catholic, becomes Lord
	Lieutenant of Ireland.
	Dec 23 Government of Ireland
	Act creates Northern
	Ireland and Southern
	Ireland.
1921	Feb 4 Irish War of Independance
	begins
		July 10 Bloody Sunday 23 dead, 200 homes
		destroyed.
		Dec 6 Anglo-Irish treaty creates an Irish
		Free State within the Commonwealth, an
		Oath of Allegiance and retention by the
		British Naval Service of the use of certain ports.
1922		June 28 The Irish Civil War and Battle of Dublin
		begin. the National Army of Ireland begins to
		bombard the anti-Treaty IRA occupying
		Four Courts.
	Aug 10 The National Army
	secures the city of Cork,
	marking the end of the
	"Munster Republic"
	Dec 6 The Irish Free State
	officially comes into
	existence.

Source: http://www.radiodaniel.com/clan/clan.htm
Date: 2015 J Oct 20
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