1339 in Ireland
list of events in the year 1339
Events from the year 1339 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Lord: Edward III
Events
29 October – Ruaidhri O Ceallaigh is killed lby Cathal mac Aodh mac Eoghain O Conchobhair
Toirdhealbach O Conchobhair marries the widow of Edmund de Burgh
Edmond Albanach de Burgh is expelled from the western islands of Connacht to Ulster
The Mint briefly reopens at Dublin (see 1302)
Hostilities occur between the Anglo-Irish and Irish in Kildare, Meath and Kerry
Deaths
Ruaidri Ó Cellaigh, King of Uí Maine and Chief of the Name.
References
"The Annals of Ireland by Friar John Clyn", edited and translated with an Introduction, by Bernadette Williams, Four Courts Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84682-034-2, pp. 240–244.
"A New History of Ireland VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976", edited by T. W. Moody, F.X. Martin and F.J. Byrne. Oxford, 1982. ISBN 0-19-821744-7.
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