title: 1189 in Ireland
text: # 1189 in Ireland
  
  ## Incumbent
  
  * Lord: John
  
  ## Events
  
  * Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales) writes Expugnato Hibernica about Henry II’s invasion of Ireland.
  * Royal charter was granted to Dundalk
  * Hugh de Lacy, 1st Earl of Ulster was appointed Viceroy of Ireland
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * King Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobair of Connacht was assassinated.
  