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| Date | | | | | 1038 | | About this time, Christ Church, Dublin, was founded by Sitric, king of the Danes, with the aid of Donat, bishop of Dublin ; the latter of whom also built St. Michael's Chapel, which was converted into a parish church by Richard Talbot, archbishop of Dublin. | | | 1066 | | Godfred Crovan, king of Man, takes Dublin, and conquers great part of Leinster. | | | 1072 | | The Danes of Dublin give hostages, and do homage to Turlogh O'Brien, king of Munster. | | | 1088 | | The Danes of Dublin burnt Waterford, and the next year marched out to attack Cork, but were defeated with considerable loss. | | | 1095 | | Mortogh O'Brien, king of Ireland, drives Godfred, the Danish king, out of Dublin, and keeps possession of it till his death, twenty-five years after. St. Michan's Church founded this year by St. Michan, a Dane. | | | 1105 | | St. Catherine's Church built. Newly roofed in 1544, and rebuilt in 1761. | | | 1105 | | Scotland invaded by a fleet fitted out by the citizens of Dublin; after ravaging the coast, thev made a. descent upon Wales, and carried off thence the shrine of St. Cubie, which they deposited in Christ Church. | | | 1115 | | Donald, son of Mortogh O'Brien, and king of the Danes of Dublin, defeats the Irish of Leinster with great slaughter. | | | 1123 | | Turlogh O'Connor, king of Ireland, gives the sovereignty of Dublin to the king of Leinster. | | | 1142 | | The Danes of Dublin invade North Wales, but are repelled with loss. | |
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