... travelled to Acquitaine in order to swear fealty to the English king Henry II. Up to this point, although Henry had been granted the Lordship of Ireland through the disputed Papal Bull "Laudabiliter" by Pope Adrian IV (the only English pope and one who wanted to extend Church control over Ireland) in 1155, he had never shown any great interest in ... clerics and Irish commanders met and formed The Confederacy of Kilkenny who organised a General Assembly for October. The movement was also given its military leader when Owen Roe O'Neill (Hugh's nephew) came from Spain to take command. He ...

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