1169 in Ireland

	1169 ; in; Ireland
Decades:	1140s • 1150s • 1160s • 1170s • 1180s
Centuries:	• 11th • 12th • 13th • 14th
See also:	Other events of 1169; List of years in Ireland

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[edit] Events

1 May - Norman invasion of Ireland^[1] starts with the arrival of Norman military leaders FitzStephen, Fitzgerald and others.^[2]
Wexford is taken.^[2]
Dermot MacMurrough is restored as King of Leinster.^[2]

^ Moody, TW & Martin, FX (eds) (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. pp. 370.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989