Ireland

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Richard de Clare marries Aoife Ní Mhurrachadha and sets a precedent for Norman rule in Ireland

ireland

Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries MacMurroughs daughter Aoife, as part of an agreement made two years earlier

ireland

Strongbow, a henchman of Henry II, arrives in Waterford at the behest of Dermot McMurrough, an event described in the Annals of Ulster as he beginning of the woes of Ireland

ireland

First Normans land in Ireland

ireland

Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and ally of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, is defeated in battle by Rory O'Connor

ireland

A proposal for the invasion of Ireland by Henry II is discussed at the Council of Winchester and rejected, though soon after, Henry obtains a papal privilege approving the invasion

ireland

King David I died at Carlisle and Malcolm IV crowned at Scone.

ireland

Malcolm IV, King of Scotland, was born

ireland