Events from the year 1160 in Ireland.
Incumbents
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High King:
Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn
Muircheartach Mac Lochlainn (old spelling: Muirchertach mac Lochlainn, IPA: ˆmË ÉªÉ¾Ê²É™Ã§É™É¾Ë tÌªË É™xmË É™kˈlÉ”xlÉ™n̪ʲ was king of TÃr Eoghain, and High King of Ireland from around 1156 until his death in 1166. He succeeded Toirdheal ...
Events
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Jerpoint Abbey
Jerpoint Abbey () is a ruined Cistercian abbey, founded in the second half of the 12th century in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located 2.5 km south west of Thomastown on the R448 regional road. There is a visitor centre with an exhib ...
is founded in
County Kilkenny.
*Earliest recorded reference to
Dromcollogher
Dromcollogher, officially Dromcolliher (), is a small town located at the crossroads of the R522 and R515 regional roads in the west of County Limerick, Ireland. It is part of the parish of Dromcollogher-Broadford (previously known as Killa ...
- in the
Book of Leinster
The Book of Leinster ( mga, Lebor Laignech , LL) is a medieval Irish manuscript compiled c. 1160 and now kept in Trinity College, Dublin, under the shelfmark MS H 2.18 (cat. 1339). It was formerly known as the ''Lebor na Nuachongbála'' "Book ...
.
Deaths
*17 December –
Gilla na Naemh Ua Duinn, poet, historian and cleric (born
1102
Year 1102 ( MCII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* Spring – A Fatimid expeditionary force (some 20,000 men) invades Palestine and la ...
).
References
{{Year in Europe, 1160