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1318 in Ireland
Events from the year
1318 in
Ireland
.
Events
10 May –
Battle
of
Dysert
O'Dea: The
Hiberno-Norman
Richard de Clare
is defeated and
killed
by Conor O'Dea in alliance with O'Briens, MacNamaras and Ó hEithirs.
29
September
–
Alexander de Bicknor
arrives in Ireland.
14
October
–
Battle of Faughart
, aka Battle of Dundalk: a Hiberno-Norman force defeats a
Scots-Irish
army
commanded by
Edward Bruce
, ending the
Bruce campaign in Ireland
.
Beginning of the
Kildare
Supremacy
.
William FitzJohn,
Bishop of Ossory
appointed
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Births
Deaths
10 May – Richard
de
Clare, Thomas
de Lees,
Henry
de Capella, James de Caunteton, John de Caunteton, all killed at
Dysart
O'Dea.
Gilbert de Roache
"killed at Ross by the
burgesses
of Ross."
Edward Bruce of
Scotland
killed in battle
.