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1224 in Ireland 
Summary
Events from the year 1224 in Ireland.
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Events edit
- Richard Mór de Burgh claims the title Lord of Connaught on the basis of a grant to his father, and that Aedh Ua Conchobair (successor to his father Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht) has forfeited it.
- Dominican Order set up in Ireland.[1] They are the first mendicant friars in Ireland.[2] At about this date, Lucas de Netterville, Archbishop of Armagh, founds a Dominican friary in Drogheda.
- South Abbey, Youghal, the proto-friary of the Irish Province of the Observant Franciscans, is founded by Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly,[3] dedicated to St. Nicholas.
- Annals of Connacht begin.
Births edit
Deaths edit
- Cú Ceanain Ó Con Ceanainn, King of Uí Díarmata.
- Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, last independent King of Connacht (born 1153).[2]
- Muirghis Cananach Ua Conchobhair, Prince of Connacht, monk and poet.[4]
- Donnchadh Mor O Dalaigh, poet.[2]
- Gilla na Naemh Crom Ó Seachnasaigh, Lord of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge.
- Simon Rochfort, Bishop of Meath.
References edit
- ^ Mac Annaidh, Séamas, ed. (2001). Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 0717135365.
- ^ a b c Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. London: Lewis.
- ^ Annals of Loch Cé.