Beginning of Norman Invasion of Ireland

Date: May 1, 1169 • Location: Dunmore East, Ireland

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1169–1171.

Norman mercenaries landed at Bannow Bay in Leinster, beginning the Norman invasion of Ireland.

The Anglo-Normans were the medieval ruling class in the Kingdom of England following the Norman Conquest. They were primarily a multiethnic combination of Normans, Bretons, Frenchmen, Flemings, Anglo-Saxons and Celtic Britons.