1156 in Ireland

List of events in the year 1156

Events from the year 1156 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• High King: Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair (died) then Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn

Events

• Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair becomes King of Connacht

Births

Deaths

• Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair (Turlough O’Connor), who had reigned as King of Connacht since 1106 and was a claimant to the High Kingship of Ireland.^[1] He was buried in Clonmacnoise.^[2]

References

1. The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
2. Moody, TW; Martin, FX, eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. p. 122.