Raiding belt · The British Isles · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Wicklow mountains

The Wicklow and Dublin mountains between the Dublin plain, the Kildare plain and the Wexford coast.

The Ui Thuathail and Ui Broin, driven up from the plains, raid the manors at the foot of the hills; the English hold castles round the edge but cannot farm the glens.

How things stand that morning

A raided upland on 1 January 1200.

Who raids here

The Ui Thuathail and Ui Broin raid the Dublin and Kildare manors; the English of Bray, Naas, Kilkea and Arklow raid into the glens.

Anchor castles

English
  • Bray
  • Rathmore
  • Naas
  • Kilkea
  • Castledermot
  • Arklow
  • Wicklow
  • Ballymore (archbishop)
Irish
  • Glendalough
  • Imaal
  • the east Wicklow hills

Last campaign

Continuous small raiding; no named campaign for 1199 (the great massacre at Cullenswood is in 1209).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Structure well known; no specific raid recorded for that winter.

Sources and studies

  1. G. H. Orpen, Ireland under the Normans, vols 1-2 (1911), Internet Archive

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.