Events from the year 1130 in Ireland.
Incumbents
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High King:
Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair
Toirdhealbhach Mór Ua Conchobhair (old spelling: Tairrdelbach Mór Ua Conchobair; 1088 – 1156) anglicised Turlough Mór O'Conor, was King of Connacht (1106–1156) and High King of Ireland (ca. 1120–1156).
Family background and early life
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Events
Births
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Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (a.k.a. Strongbow), who led the
Norman invasion of Ireland
The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land from the Irish, over which the kings of England then claimed sovereignty, all allegedly sanc ...
(died
1176
Year 1176 ( MCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1176th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 176th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th ...
).
[Flanagan, M. T. (2004) "Clare, Richard fitz Gilbert de, second earl of Pembroke (c.1130–1176)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Volume 46 Randolph – Rippingille'' Oxford University Press, page 53]
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