1156 in Ireland

Centuries:	11th ; 12th ; 13th ; 14th ;
Decades:	1130s ; 1140s ; 1150s ; 1160s ; 1170s ;
See also:	Other events of 1156 ; List of years in Ireland

Last updated February 26, 2025

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.

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[1] University College Cork website, Annals of the Four Masters

[2] The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989

[3] Moody, TW; Martin, FX, eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. p. 122.

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