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1180 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1180 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Lord: John
Events
Construction of Carrickfergus Castle begins.Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001
St Mary's Cathedral built in Limerick.
Arts and literature
c.1180–1184 – The Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii, a Latin text, was written by a monk who identified himself as H. of Saltrey and detailed the journey of an Irish knight, Owein, to St Patrick's Purgatory in Lough Derg, County Donegal
Deaths
14 November – Laurence O’Toole
Muirgheas Ua hEidhin, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne
References
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