Fermanagh (in Enneskillen) precursor to the Irish Free State in 1922 YearMaguires McCaffreys --------------------- ---------------------- 1264Supplant Devin supported the Maguires. 1395Fully control the county. Hugh Maguire has a castle in Enniskillen. 1428Maguires in Lisnaskea were supported Thomas Maguire hostile. and Philip Maguire. 1470 Outsiders eg Monaghan beat Maguires who are weakened by in-fighting. c1490John Maguire becomes King of Fermanagh. 1495 Gillie McCaffrey kills a Philip Maguire. 1518Philip Maguire sends O'Neill takes them Aodh MacGafraidh to hostage deal with Henry O'Neill Philip kills a friend of O'Neill 1532Maguire goes to fight Gillie Mac Gafraidh the O'Neils is slain 1533Redmond Maguire insults Clann McCaffrey kills wife of Cormac Mc Caffrey Redmond 1535Both families raid O'Neils Together 1535Feud starts between Maguires and O'Neils 1536O'Neils & rebel Maguires McCaffreys remain loyal attack King Maguire to King Maguire. They stop the invasion. 1538Maguires & McCaffreys and others fight the King Henry VIII named himself English as head of Church of Ireland 1539Irish rebel again King Henry VIII defeats them and takes their land. 1539Maguires & McCaffreys refuse to submit 1566O'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. 1589King 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. 1594King Hugh returns with O'Donnells & McCaffreys 1595King Hugh wins back Enniskillen 1596Unending Peace talks with the English. 1597 English send 2 forces attacking Both are driven back both East and West. 1602Spanish 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. 1607King 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. 1612O'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... 1641Revolt 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. 1660England abandoned the Cromwellian protectorate. Charles II assumed the throne with Catholic sympathies. 1685James 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 1689James II returned to Ireland was welcomed by Tyrconnel and his Irish army. 1690 William & his army arrived in June. Cunnought Mor Maguire led the Irish 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. he 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 /Fermanagh.txt