1160 in Ireland

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See also:	Other events of 1160 List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1160 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• High King: Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn

Events

• Jerpoint Abbey is founded in County Kilkenny.^[1]
• Earliest recorded reference to Dromcollogher - in the Book of Leinster.

Deaths

• 17 December – Gilla na Naemh Ua Duinn, poet, historian and cleric (born 1102).

References

1. Mac Annaidh, Séamas, ed. (2001). Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. ISBN 0717135365.