1139 in Ireland

Events from the year 1139 in Ireland.

← 1138 1137 1136 1135 1134 1139 in Ireland → 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144
Centuries:	11th 12th 13th 14th
Decades:	1110s 1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s
See also:	Other events of 1139 List of years in Ireland

Incumbents

• High King: Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair

Events

• Early – Malachy, Bishop of Down, begins his first journey to Rome, via Scotland, England, and France, visiting Bernard of Clairvaux. He petitions Pope Innocent II for pallia for the Sees of Armagh and Cashel, and is appointed native legate for Ireland.^[1]
• Malachy gives the previously Benedictine St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, to monks of the Congregation of Savigny.^[1]
• Course of River Suck diverted by Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht.^[1]

Deaths

• Cú Connacht Ua Dálaigh, poet.
• David Scotus, chronicler.