1261 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1261 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Lord

Henry III

Events

• Battle of Callann

John fitz Thomas of Desmond and his heir are defeated and killed by Finghin MacCarthy, himself slain later that year.^[1]

• Cormac MacCarthy becomes King of Desmond

Deaths

• John FitzThomas FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond

Notes and References

1. The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989