Saint Patrick (432 AD)

Saint Patrick (432 )

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Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

The Vikings invasions (795)

Nov 5, 795

The Vikings first invaded Britain in AD 793 and last invaded in 1066 when William the Conqueror became King of England after the Battle of Hastings. The first place the Vikings raided in Britain was the monastery at Lindisfarne, a small holy island located off the northeast coast of England

Richard de Clare-Strongbow (1171 became king of Leinster)

Nov 4, 1171

Richard de Clare (Strongbow) was a Welsh lord and the Earl of Pembroke. ... When Dermont died in 1171, Strongbow became the new king of Leinster. Henry II of England became concerned about Strongbow's growing power in Ireland and so later that year he arrived with his own army.