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1214 in Ireland

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1214
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Events from the year 1214 in Ireland.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • Thomas MacUchtraigh plundered Derry for the second time, carrying away the treasures of the monastery and the church of St Columba.[2]
  • During fighting between the Ua Catháin and the sons of Mac Lochlainn, the great manciple of the monastery at Derry was killed.[2]
  • Thomas MacUchtraigh and the Anglo-Normans of the Earldom of Ulster constructed a castle at Coleraine, dismantling much of the existing settlement for building material while leaving the church intact.[2]
  • Aodh Méith, King of Tír Eoghain, defeated an Anglo-Norman force in eastern Ulster and burned its encampment at Carrlongport.[2]

Deaths

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  • Ainmire Ua Cobhthaigh, abbot of Derry.[2]
  • Gilla-na-naemh Ua Ruadháin, Bishop of Achonry.[2]
  • Ó Ceallaigh, Bishop of Uí Fhiachrach.[3]
  • Brian Ó Flaithbheartaigh of West Connacht.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X.; Byrne, F. J. (1984). A New History of Ireland, Volume IX: Maps, Genealogies, Lists. Oxford University Press. pp. 470–472. ISBN 978-0198217459.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hennessy, W. M.; MacCarthy, B., eds. (1893). "Year 1214". Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster otherwise Annala Senait, A Chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1541. Vol. II. Dublin: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 257–259.
  3. 1 2 O'Donovan, John, ed. (1856). "Year 1214". Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the earliest period to the year 1616. Vol. III. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, and Co. pp. 185–187.