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 Great freeze of winter. University College Cork website, Annals of the Four Masters
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.The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989 He was buried in Clonmacnoise.
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