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Ireland A brief threat to English control of Ireland, made by
Edward Bruce, brother of King Robert I of Scotland, ended when
Bruce was killed in battle at Faughart near Dundalk (1318).
English control was reasserted and strengthened by the creation
of three new Anglo-Irish earldoms: Kildare, given to the head of
the Leinster Fitzgeralds; Desmond, given to the head of the
Munster Fitzgeralds; and... invasion of Antrim ...settlements.
Antrim was partially penetrated by Anglo-Norman adventurers
during the 12th century and formed part of the earldom of
Ulster. Disorders in the late Middle Ages and the invasion by
Edward Bruce (later king of Ireland) and his army from Scotland
in 1315 caused the decline of English power. Only Carrickfergus
remained in English hands until the Tudor period (1485–1603),...
landing at Larne town, seat,