Events from the year 1142 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 ...
Events
*Foundation of the first
Cistercian house in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
at
Mellifont
Mellifont Abbey ( ga, An Mhainistir Mhór, literally 'the Big Monastery'), was a Cistercian abbey located close to Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It was the first abbey of the order to be built in Ireland. In 1152, it hosted the Synod o ...
, on land given by the
King of Airgíalla. Abbey completed in
1157. The Cistercians were brought into Ireland by
Saint Malachy
Malachy (}; Modern ga, Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair; ) (1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal ...
[''Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History.'' Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001]
Deaths
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Conchobar Ua Briain
Conchobar Ua Briain (died 1142) was a mid-twelfth-century ruler of the kingdoms of Munster and Dublin.
Conchobar was a son of Diarmait Ua Briain, King of Munster. In 1138, Conchobar assumed the kingship of Munster. The ''Annals of the Four ...
, a ruler of the kingdoms of Munster and Dublin.
References
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