Ireland

countries: Ireland

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Last day King Henry II holds his court in Dublin

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The Synod of Cashel, the Bishops of Ireland, under duress, pledge allegiance to Henry II of England

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Henry II, fearful that Strongbow will grow too powerful in Ireland, lands at Waterford with an army

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MacMurrough and the Normans march on the Norse kingdom of Dublin, avoiding an Irish force that awaits them to the south of it. Dublin falls to them on this date. Some Norsemen, including the king of Dublin, Askulv, flee to the Hebrides or the Isle of Man

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Richard de Clare marries Aoife Ní Mhurrachadha and sets a precedent for Norman rule in Ireland

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Richard de Clare (Strongbow) marries MacMurroughs daughter Aoife, as part of an agreement made two years earlier

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Strongbow, a henchman of Henry II, arrives in Waterford at the behest of Dermot McMurrough, an event described in the Annals of Ulster as he beginning of the woes of Ireland

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First Normans land in Ireland

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Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster and ally of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, is defeated in battle by Rory O'Connor

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