1224 in Ireland

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Events from the year 1224 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord: Henry III

Events

• Richard Mór de Burgh claims the title Lord of Connaught on the basis of a grant to his father, and that Aedh Ua Conchobair (successor to his father Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht) has forfeited it.
• Dominican Order set up in Ireland. ^[1] They are the first mendicant friars in Ireland. ^[2] At about this date, Lucas de Netterville, Archbishop of Armagh, founds a Dominican friary in Drogheda.
• South Abbey, Youghal, the proto-friary of the Irish Province of the Observant Franciscans, is founded by Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly, ^[3] dedicated to St. Nicholas.
• Annals of Connacht begin.

Deaths

• Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn, King of Uí Díarmata.
• Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, last independent King of Connacht (born 1153). ^[2]
• Muirghis Cananach Ua Conchobhair, Prince of Connacht, monk and poet. ^[4]
• Donnchadh Mor O Dalaigh, poet. ^[2]
• Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, Lord of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge.
• Simon Rochfort, Bishop of Meath.

References

1. Mac Annaidh, Séamas, ed. (2001). Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN   0717135365.
2. Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
3. Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: Lewis.
4. Annals of Loch Cé .