1142 in Ireland

Centuries:	; 11th; 12th; 13th; 14th;
Decades:	1120s; 1130s; 1140s; 1150s; 1160s;
See also:	Other events of 1142; List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1142 in Ireland.

Events

Foundation of the first Cistercian house in Ireland at Mellifont,^[1] on land given by the King of Airgíalla. Abbey completed in 1157.^[2] The Cistercians were brought into Ireland by Saint Malachy^[3]

↑ The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
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↑ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001