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Due to the death of Flaithbheartaigh Ua Flaithbheartaigh, King of Connacht, his people would take up up his name as the O'Flaherty clan -
Grace O'Malley marries Donal O'Flaherty linking the two families together, later on Donal would die to a group raiders raiding his castle, and so Grace O'Malley would take over as leader of both the O'Flaherty's and the O'Malley clans respectively -
Grace O'Malley would meet with Queen Elizbeth the first in order to petition for the release of her sons at Greenwich, they came to an agreement and Elizbeth would release her sons among other political matters. later on, that agreement would be thrown out the window and Grace O'Malley would participate in the nine-year war -
The nine years war was a war fought between the Irish clans and Normans A.K.A. the British, with Hugh O'Neil a key player in the war wanting to become king of Ireland and the British wanted to take away Ireland's Autonomy. with the Spanish coming in and allying with Ireland due to aligning goals, the war would end with an English victory
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The Normans would invade and take over Ireland further weakening the O'Flaherty clan and having them be banished from their homeland of Connemara -
in 1641 a group of protestant settlers are massacred leading to a rebellion in 1641 leading to the O'flaherty's losing their seat of power in county Galway -
due to living in poverty, the Flaherty family decided to move to the United States from Clifton Ireland, with Michael Flaherty moving first to set the family up and make sure they could actually move to the States without much issue. Michael had eight children plus his wife Bridget, the children were named Patrick, John, James, Nora, Francise, Mary, Annie, and William. Michael would continue to work as a carpenter while Bridget worked as a seamstress, in Boston Massachusetts. -
The panic of 1893 was an economic draught that happened due to the fall of the new york stock market crash, making it the second-worst economic depression next to the great depression -
Patrick Flaherty would serve in world war I in 1917 a year before the end of the war, afterwards, he would marry Agnes cummings and have five children William, John, Betricia, Richard, and Edward. he would work inside a bread factory and would gain his citizenship at 45 years old -
The great depression was an economic disaster that left many without a job or money to pay for their family's health and well being -
Edward William and John would all serve in the military in 1943 during World War II. John would serve as part of the Naval branch in the military -
Richard would enlist in the military but would never actually be deployed or see service, however he was stationed in port Maryland, he would later marry a women by the name of Carylann and have three children Bridget, Kim, and Kelly
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In order to improve the overall welfare of the country and to improve ecological standards president, Johnson launches the great society