1101 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1101 in Ireland.

Incumbents

• High King of Ireland

Domnall Ua Lochlainn

Events

• Muirchertach Ua Briain of the Dál gCais proclaims himself High King of Ireland.^[1]
• At the Synod of Cashel, Muirchertach Ua Briain grants Cashel to the church as the seat of a metropolitan bishop.^[2]
• Muirchertach Ua Briain destroys the ringfort at Grianan of Aileach.^[3]
• Sailors from overseas raid Scattery Island.^[4]
• Gillafin mac Coulahan, King of Síol Anmchadha, is killed and succeeded by his predecessor's son, Diarmaid Ua Madadhan.

Deaths

• Gilla na Naemh Ua Dunabhra, Chief Poet of Connacht.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Moody. Theodore William. Martin. Francis X.. Byrne. Francis John. Cosgrove. Art. A New History of Ireland: Prehistoric and early Ireland. 1976. Oxford University Press. 9780198217374. 914. en.
2. Book: Foster, R. F.. The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Oxford University Press. 1989. 0198229704. registration.
3. Web site: Grianan of Aileach. donegaldiaspora.ie. 24 January 2018.
4. Power . Rosemary . Meeting in Norway: Norse-Gaelic relations in the kingdom of Man and the Isles, 1090-1270 . Saga-Book . XXIX . 196 . 2005 . 15 . Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London . 0305-9219 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130412173927/http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Saga-Book%20XXIX.pdf . 12 April 2013 .
5. [Annals of the Four Masters]