1157 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1157 in Ireland.
Incumbents
Events
- Completion and consecration of Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian foundation in Ireland.[1]
- The earliest Irish land charter to survive is that of the grant in 1157 of land to the Cistercians in Newry, which lay in UÃ Echach, by the High King Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn