#OTD in 1171 – Diarmaid MacMurrough, king of Leinster, died in Ferns, Co Wexford.

01/05/2023.Reading time 3 minutes.

Diarmaid Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, is often considered to have been the most notorious traitor in Irish history. After succeeding to the throne of his father, Enna, in 1126, Diarmaid Mac Murchadha faced a number of rivals who disputed his claim to the kingship. He established his authority by killing or blinding seventeen rebel […]

#OTD in 1172 – The Synod of Cashel | the Bishops of Ireland, under duress, pledge allegiance to Henry II of England.

02/02/2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

Twenty years after the Synod of Kells had received papal confirmation for the new organisational structure for the church in Ireland, another synod took place at Cashel. This, however, was a synod of a different kind; it assembled at the request of King Henry II of England, shortly after his arrival in Ireland on 17 […]

#OTD in 1171 – Henry II, fearful that Strongbow will grow too powerful in Ireland, lands at Waterford with an army.

17/10/2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

The Normans, Norse and Irish all submit to him, except for the most remote Irish kings. Henry is worried about the growing power of the Cambro-Norman knights, in particular Strongbow, who has in the previous two years carved out what is a substantial new territory, as well as a delicately located new territory with regard to […]

#OTD in 1171 – Diarmaid MacMurrough, king of Leinster, died in Ferns, Co Wexford.

01/05/2022.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1172 – The Synod of Cashel | the Bishops of Ireland, under duress, pledge allegiance to Henry II of England.

02/02/2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in 1171 – Diarmaid MacMurrough, king of Leinster, died in Ferns, Co Wexford.

01/05/2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1172 – The Synod of Cashel | the Bishops of Ireland, under duress, pledge allegiance to Henry II of England.

02/02/2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in 1171 – Diarmaid MacMurrough, king of Leinster, died in Ferns, Co Wexford.

01/05/2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1172 – The Synod of Cashel: the Bishops of Ireland, under duress, pledge allegiance to Henry II of England.

02/02/2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in 1171 – Diarmaid MacMurrough, king of Leinster, died in Ferns, Co Wexford.

01/05/2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

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#OTD in 1171 – Diarmaid MacMurrough, king of Leinster, died in Ferns, Co Wexford.

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