Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
1350-1530
The Anglo-Norman barons establish power bases independent of the English crown. English control
gradually extends to an area around Dublin known as 'the Pale'.
1487
Gerard Mór Fitzgerald, Earl of Kildare, occupies Dublin with help of troops from Burgundy, in direct
defiance of King Henry VII.
1487
Fitzgerald supports claims of Yorkist pretender Lambert Simnel, a 10-year-old who is crowned King
Edward VI in Christ Church Cathedral.
1537
'Silken' Thomas Fitzgerald, son of the Earl of Kildare, storms Dublin and its English garrisons. The
rebellion is quashed; Thomas and his followers are executed.
1584
Mayoress Margaret Ball dies following imprisonment for her Catholic sympathies. Archbishop Der-
mot O'Hurley is hanged for his support of a rebellion against the English crown.
1594-1603
The Nine Years' War between the English crown and Irish chieftains led by Hugh O'Neill brings Eng-
lish troops to Dublin, who force citizenry to house them.
1592
Trinity College is founded on the grounds of a former monastery, on the basis of a charter granted by
Elizabeth I to 'stop Ireland being infected by popery'.
1597
An accidental explosion in a gunpowder store in Winetavern St kills 200 civilians.
1603
Hugh O'Neill and the Irish fighting under his command in Ulster are defeated by Elizabeth I's forces.
He and his fellow earls flee the country in what is known as the Flight of the Earls.
