title: 1259 in Ireland
text: # 1259 in Ireland
  
  Events from the year 1259 in Ireland.
  
  ## Incumbent
  
  * Lord: Henry III
  
  ## Events
  
  * The first record of gallowglass service, when Aedh Ó Conchobair, King of Connacht, received a dowry of 160 Scottish warriors from the daughter of Dubhghall mac Ruaidhri, the King of the Hebrides.
  * Fromund Le Brun became Lord Chancellor of Ireland
  