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1169 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1169 in Ireland.
Events
1 May – Norman invasion of IrelandMoody, T. W. Martin, F. X. 1967 The Course of Irish History Mercier Press Cork 370 starts with the arrival at Bannow Bay in Leinster of Norman military leaders Robert Fitz-Stephen, Maurice FitzGerald and othersThe Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland Foster, R. F. Oxford University Press 1989 0198229704 registration https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00work including Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare ("Strongbow") who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief Diarmait Mac Murchada to help him regain the throne of Leinster. Wexford, Waterford, Dublin and the Kingdom of Ossory are taken and Mac Murchada restored as King of Leinster.
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