1156 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1156 in Ireland.
Incumbents
- High King: Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair (died) then Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn
Events
- Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair becomes King of Connacht
- Great freeze of winter.[1]
Births
Deaths
- Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (Turlough O’Connor), who had reigned as King of Connacht since 1106 and was a claimant to the High Kingship of Ireland.[2] He was buried in Clonmacnoise.[3]
References
- ^ University College Cork website, Annals of the Four Masters
- ^ The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
- ^ Moody, TW; Martin, FX, eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. p. 122.