1194 in Ireland

Incumbent

• Lord: John

Events

• Drogheda is chartered as a town.
• Simon Rochfort was the first English Bishop of Meath.

Births

• Richard Mor de Burgh was the eldest son of William de Burgh and founder of the towns of Ballinasloe, Loughrea and Galway.

Deaths

• Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond