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).