▁B isset ts ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁among ▁the ▁suffer ers . ▁However , ▁the ▁report ▁of ▁John ▁By set ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 2 5 7 ▁shows ▁that ▁the ▁family ▁were ▁vi able ▁and ▁may ▁have ▁found ▁themselves ▁possibly ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁British ▁family ▁remaining ▁in ▁Ul idia ▁for ▁a ▁period , ▁since ▁no ▁others ▁are ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁ann als . ▁O ' Ne ill ▁was ▁elected ▁High ▁King ▁of ▁Ireland ▁in ▁ 1 2 5 8 ▁by ▁the ▁O ' Con ors ▁and ▁O ' B ri ens ▁but ▁his ▁death ▁only ▁two ▁years ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Dru im ▁D ear g ▁came ▁too ▁soon ▁for ▁a ▁major ▁G ael ic ▁over l ord ship ▁to ▁be ▁established ▁and ▁Walter ▁de ▁Burg h , ▁the ▁Lord ▁of ▁Con n acht , ▁was ▁created ▁Earl ▁of ▁Ul ster ▁four ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁conflict ▁to ▁preserve ▁England ' s ▁interests ▁there . ▁Poss ibly ▁the ▁B isset ts ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁become ▁his ▁sub ordinates , ▁but ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁argued ▁that ▁their s ▁was ▁understood ▁to ▁be , ▁in ▁any ▁case , ▁a ▁pal at ine ▁lord ship ▁from ▁its ▁creation , ▁whenever ▁that ▁may ▁have ▁been . ▁ ▁Bruce ▁Wars ▁ ▁The ▁historian ▁Arch ie ▁Dun can ▁has ▁suggested ▁that ▁Edward ▁Bruce ▁may ▁have ▁spent ▁some ▁time ▁as ▁a ▁youth ▁with ▁the ▁B isset ts , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁R ath lin ▁Castle ▁that ▁Robert ▁the ▁Bruce ▁and ▁his ▁follow ers ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1