Hugh De Lacy 
Hugh was born about 1115 in Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England. Hugh's father was Gilbert De Lacy. His paternal grandmother was Emma De Lacy. He was an only child. He died on July 26th, 1166 in Durrow, Ireland.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Lord Of Meath
Hugh de Laci was employed in the conquest of Ireland, and for his services there obtained from King Henry II, the whole county of Meath. He was subsequently constituted governor of Dublin and justice of Ireland. But incurring the displeasure of his royal master by marrying without license the king of Connaught's dau., he was divested in 1181 of the custody of the metropolis. In four years afterwards he was murdered by one Malvo Miadaich, a mean person, in revenge for the severity with which he had treated the workmen employed by him in erecting the castle of Lurhedy.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1085 in Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.> 1163
- b.~ 1008 in Lassy, Vire, Normandy
- b.Bet 1036 and 1038 in Lassy, Vire, Normandy d.Apr 1084 in . Guthlac, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 0978
- b.~ 1068 in Lacy, Herefordshire, England
- b.~ 1115 in Ewyas Lacy, Herefordshire, England d.26 Jul 1166 in Durrow, Ireland
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