1199_in_Ireland Knowpia

Centuries:	; 11th; 12th; 13th; 14th;
Decades:	1170s; 1180s; 1190s; 1200s; 1210s;
See also:	Other events of 1199; List of years in Ireland

Events during the year 1199 in Ireland.

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6 April – on the death of his brother, Richard I of England, Prince John, Lord of Ireland, becomes King of England, thus bringing Ireland under the direct rule of the English Crown.
6 July – Archbishop Malachy (died 1148) is canonized by Pope Clement III.
Limerick is granted a charter as a city.^[1]
Risteárd de Tiúit occupies the motte-and-bailey castle in Granard (Granard Motte) as part of an initiative to extend Hiberno-Norman control over the country.^[2]
Milo le Bret, having been granted lands in Rathfarnham, adapted an existing ridge to build a motte and bailey

^ Fitzgerald, Patrick; McGregor, John James. The history, topography and antiquities, of the county and city of Limerick. Vol. 2. p. iii (Appendix).
^ "Granard Motte and Bailey". Longford Tourism. Archived from the original on 2013-03-01. Retrieved 12 August 2012.