1245 in Ireland
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List of events in the year 1245
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Events from the year 1245 in Ireland.
Events
- An earthquake destroys the Cathedral of Down which was established by John de Courcy with generous endowments to the Benedictines from Chester in England in 1183.
- William Welwood becomes Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- Maurice Fitzgerald, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, is generally credited with the establishment of the medieval European-style town and port of Sligo, building Sligo Castle in 1245.