1181 in Ireland

Events

• Walter de Riddlesford built a motte and bailey fortress on the site of what is now Kilkea Castle in County Kildare.
• John, King of England granted Lambay Island to the Archbishops of Dublin.
• Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath was recalled from his government for having married the daughter of Ruadri O Conchobair, King of Connaught and deposed High King of Ireland, without leave of Henry II of England.

  Deaths

• Tadhg Ua Dálaigh, poet.