A Great Council Meets at Dublin on on This Date

A Great Council held in Dublin, likely during the 14th or early 15th century, when English control in Ireland had drastically weakened. The council issued a statement acknowledging the collapse of English authority in nearly all areas outside the Pale — the fortified region around Dublin.

- This event almost certainly dates to the mid-14th century, specifically around 1367–1399, a time when:
- The Gaelic Irish were reclaiming lost territory.
- Anglo-Norman lords outside Dublin were acting with growing independence.
- English rule had collapsed in much of Leinster, Munster, and parts of Ulster.
- These developments prompted political and military concern in England.

On this date, a Great Council met in Dublin and declared that Irish enemies and English rebels had conquered nearly all of the counties of Limerick, Tipperary, Kilkenny, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Meath, and Louth — leaving little under English control outside of Count