Sounds like standard practice to me. And I think it would be incorrect to call the the Bull "null and void." But all of this is irrelevant. The fact is, Adrian IV issued the Bull Laudibiliter, which was the first step toward the English annexation of Ireland.

Whether or not he had the legal right to do it or not is not the question. He did it.

It is also important to note that Henry II did not seize on the moment the take Ireland. He was too busy with other things (France). It wasn't until after the situation with Diarmuid MacMurrough and when some of his own subjects began to accumulate land in Ireland that he felt a need to take the place. Dublin anyway.

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