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Events

Foundation of the first Cistercian house in Ireland at Mellifont,^[1] on land given by the King of Airgíalla. Abbey completed in 1157.^[2] The Cistercians were brought into Ireland by Saint Malachy^[3]

↑ The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
↑ Moody, TW; Martin, FX, eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press. p. 120.
↑ Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. Mac Annaidh, S (ed). Gill and Macmillan, Dublin. 2001

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