In 1313 Edward Bruce, brother of the KIng of Scots, invaded Ulster with a great army in May. He burnt Dundalk, defeated the Earl of Ulster, and took the Castle of Norburgh. After this Bruce proceeded to Finnagh and the Skerries in Leinster, where he encountered Edmund Butler, Lord Justice of Ireland, Richard the Red Earl of Ulster --"and every one of them had a great army to war against Bruce. And upon a sudden there arose a great dissension among them; and so they left the field, and this dissension happened on the 26th day of January." Bruce returned to Ireland before Easter with the Earl of Murray and an army; they proceeded to castleknock, where they took the Baron Huygh Tyrell prisoner. After a short rest Bruce went to Limerick and stayed there until after Easter. Roger Mortimer, the King's Lieutenant, landed in Waterford with a great army in 1316 and Bruce retired into Ulster. Also there was a great slaughter made by Edmund Butler near Castledermot upon the Irish, and another slaughter by the same Edmund upon Omorthe and Balitcham. In 1317 King Robert Bruce came to assist his brother Edward with an army of 20,000 men. They marched to Castleknock. Bruce marched to Limerick and from thence to Castleconnell, Cashel, and Nenagh, laying waste with fire and sword the English settlements through which he passed. Bruce laid waste the lands of Edmund Butler in the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, but not the Castle of Nenagh. Thomas FitzGerald of Kildare, Richard de Clare, Arnold Power, the Lord of Dunoyle in Waterford and others took the field against Bruce, but they were afraid to attack him. Robert Bruce returned to Scotland, leaving his brother Edward to carry on the war. During this year so great a family prevailed that cannibalism was reported. In 1318 a god harvest enabled the armies to take the field again--Edward Bruce had about 3,000 men. The English were led by John Birmingham. The last battle took place at Faughard on 14 OCt 1318. John Maupas, an English knight, slew Bruce. Birmingham sent the head of Bruce to King Edward II who rewarded him by making him Earl of Louth. In this war Edmund, Earl of Carrick, and his knights played a prominent part; it was for that reason Bruce devastated the lands of Butler. 42