1157 in Ireland

← 1156 1155 1154 1153 1152 1157 in Ireland → 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162
Centuries:	11th 12th 13th 14th
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See also:	Other events of 1157 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1157 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• High King: Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn

Events

• Completion and consecration of Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian foundation in Ireland. ^[1]
• The earliest Irish land charter to survive is that of the grant in 1157 of land to the Cistercians in Newry, which lay in Uí Echach, by the High King Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn

References

1. Moody, TW; Martin, FX, eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. pp. 120 & 369.