biography
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MacMurrough, Dermot
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also known as Diarmaid Mac Murchada
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pronunciation:
[makmuhruh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1110–71)
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| biography:
| King of Wexford and Leinster, E Ireland (1126), who asserted his rule over neighbouring Waterford and Ossory in the 1130s. He ravaged the country with great cruelty, and abducted Dervorgill, wife of the Lord of Breifne (1152). In 1166 he was defeated by a combined force of chieftains. His enemy Tiernan O'Rourke formed an allegiance with the high king Rory O'Connor and the Dublin Normans to drive MacMurrough into exile in France. MacMurrough offered to become vassal to the English king, Henry II, in return for his assistance in the restoration of his kingship in Ireland. MacMurrough subsequently sought aid from Henry's Anglo-Norman vassals in England, such as Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke (Strongbow), recapturing Wexford in 1167. Richard de Clare in turn stormed Waterford and Dublin (1170) and was granted Wexford, Waterford, and Dublin, proclaiming himself king of Leinster. He married Eva, eldest daughter of MacMurrough (1170), assuring Anglo-Norman domination of Ireland. |
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