1160 in Ireland
Events from the year 1160 in Ireland. Incumbents
 High King: Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn

Events
Jerpoint Abbey is founded in County Kilkenny. Earliest recorded reference to Dromcollogher - in the Book of Leinster. Deaths
17 December – Gilla na Naemh Ua Duinn, poet, historian and cleric (born 1102). References