1169 in Ireland
List of events in the year 1169
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Events from the year 1169 in Ireland.
Events
- 1 May – Norman invasion of Ireland[1] starts with the arrival at Bannow Bay in Leinster of Norman military leaders Robert Fitz-Stephen, Maurice FitzGerald and others[2] including Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare ("Strongbow") who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief Diarmait Mac Murchada to help him regain the throne of Leinster. Wexford,[2] Waterford, Dublin and the Kingdom of Ossory are taken and Mac Murchada restored as King of Leinster.[2]
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References
- ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- ^ a b c Foster, R. F., ed. (1989). The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198229704.
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