Events from the year 1142 in Ireland.
Incumbents High King: Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair
Events
Foundation of the first Cistercian house in Ireland at Mellifont,The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989 on land given by the King of Airgíalla. Abbey completed in 1157. The Cistercians were brought into Ireland by Saint MalachyIllustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
Deaths Conchobar Ua Briain, a ruler of the kingdoms of Munster and Dublin.
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