1166_in_Ireland Knowpia

Centuries:	; 11th; 12th; 13th; 14th;
Decades:	1140s; 1150s; 1160s; 1170s; 1180s;
See also:	Other events of 1166 ; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1166 in Ireland.

Incumbents edit

Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, High King of Ireland, arranges a truce with his neighbours, taking hostages from many families in Ulster, but, in violation of an oath for good behaviour, has Eochaid mac Con Ulad Mac Duinn Sléibe, King of Ulster, seized and blinded. In return, he is killed.^[1] Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair takes the high-kingship.^[2]
Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, is driven from his kingdom by Tigernán Ua Ruairc and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair across the Irish Sea, seeks the help of Henry II of England and recruits Norman knights.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Foster, R. F. (1989). The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198229704.
^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 121.