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	Dermot MacMurrough, Strongbow, and the Invasion of Ireland
		Dermot MacMurrough, Strongbow, and the Invasion of Ireland
		Dermot MacMurrough was the King of Leinster during the twelfth century and is most remembered as the man who invited the English into Ireland.
		Dermot MacMurrough died in 1170 leaving Strongbow to declare himself King of Leinster.
	www.ireland-information.com /articles/dermotmacmurrough-strongbow.htm (658 words)

	Dermot MacMurrough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Diarmait Mac Murchada (also known as Diarmait na nGall, "Dermot of the Foreigners"), anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough (died 1 January 1171) was the King of Leinster, and is often considered to have been the most notorious traitor in Irish history.
		It was said that Derbhforgaill was not exactly an unwilling prisoner and she remained in Ferns with MacMurrough, in comfort, for a number of years.
		MacMurrough was devestated after the death of his son, Domhnaill, he retreated to Ferns and died a few months later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Diarmait_Mac_Murchada (1195 words)

	Edward the Bruce King of Ireland d. 1318 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dermot MacMurrough was the Irish King of Leinster who succeeded his father Enna's throne in 1126.
		MacMurrough faced many rivals for the throne and he settled his problems by killing or blinding the 17 Chieftans in Northern Leinster who disputed his kingship.
		MacMurrough fled to England and immediately went to King Henry II who granted permission for the exiled ruler to enlist the aid of several Anglo-Norman lords, in particular Richard de Clare (b.
	www.irishclans.com /articles/edwardbruce.html (1193 words)

	Early Waterford History - Waterford County Museum
		This chivalrous King attacked Dermot MacMurrough, took O'Rourke's wife from him, and other wise inflicted sundry punishments upon Dermot, which circumstance, it is said, so incensed the traitor Dermot that he flew to England to invoke the aid of King Henry II.
		Dermot MacMurrough, inspired by revenge, had a busy time of it in England to advocate his cause.
		Henry issued a regular proclamation authorising his subjects to espouse Dermot's cause, and it is under this authority, or in pretence of having obtained the King's permission, that we have to introduce the name of Strongbow, with some other wellknown historical characters of the time, as the first invaders.
	www.waterfordcountymuseum.org /exhibit/web/Display/article/184/7/?lang=en (945 words)

	Dermot MacMurrough
		As Dermot was traveling through Meath to return to Leinster, the King of Meath told him that Dervorgilla, O'Rourke's wife and also the King of Meath's sister, would run away with him.
		The bodies of Dermot's son, Conor, and nephew were delivered to him in a sack like a bullock would be delivered to market.
		The sources that vilify Dermot were all written years after the Norman invasion, when Ireland had learned to fear and hate the foreigners.
	www.kinsella.org /history/dermot.htm (559 words)

	12th Century Ireland
		Dermot MacMurrough [Dairmait Mac Murchada], the King of Leinster, allied himself with MacLochlainn, and Dermot's greatest foe, Tiernan O'Rourke [Tighernán Ua Ruairc], King of Breifne, allied himself with O'Connor.
		Dermot formed an alliance with (Richard Fits-Gilbert of Clare), Richard de Clare, the Norman 2nd Earl of Pembroke and Strigoil, Wales, and otherwise known to history as Strongbow.
		Dermot may have hoped to seek revenge on his old enemy, who had been instrumental in ousting him in 1166, and defeating him on his return in 1168.
	genealogy.parle.org.uk /early_ireland.htm (6306 words)

	Hobilar's History ScrapBook \|
		The conflict between Dermot and Tiernan continued for many years and the lands of Leinster were subject to many raids and skirmishes, but finally in 1133 Dermot was able to fully recover his throne after attacking Tiernan’s homelands in Ossory, and sacking the town of Waterford, just like his great-grandfather, and done before him.
		As Dermot was travelling through Meath to return to Leinster, the King of Meath told him that Dervorgilla, Tiernan’s wife and the King of Meath's sister, wished to run away from her brutal husband.
		In 1167 Dermot MacMurrough landed in Waterford with a force of Normans and Welsh to be followed later by others, including in 1170 by "Strongbox", Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, whose ancestors had been Lords of Clare in Suffolk.
	www.freewebs.com /hobilar/dermotmacmurrough.htm (778 words)

	Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The overall impression regarding Dermot MacMurrough, king of Leinster, is one of a king renowned for cruelty and powerlust.
		That Dermot MacMurrough could liberally grant land and men is some indication of his power and the custom of the day, and it was apparently of no consequence that this had 100 years before been given to the Priory of the Holy Trinity by the Dane, Sitric.
		Some two hundred years after Dermot MacMurrough had brought in the first Norman invaders, the portion of Ireland effectively under control of the English Crown was in the east of the county, the Pale.
	indigo.ie /~students/location.html (2386 words)

	The Dermot leap of Faith and a Stretch
		Dermot MacMurrough (or Dermod naNGhall, meaning Dermot, king of the Foreigners) was born in 1110 AD and died in 1171.
		The following two decades were mostly peaceful for Dermot, he avoided many of the wars the other four provinces [Meath was the 5th province back in history] were waging on one another, but in 1152, he helped Turlough O'Connor raid Tiernan O'Rourke's land.
		At Dermot's request, Henry II sends in the Earl of Penbroke known in history as Strongbow.
	mctiernan.com /dermot.htm (836 words)

	Nugent
		Dermot and Tiernan were bitter rivals contending for the middle kingdom of Meath, and at one point Dermot abducted the wife of O'Rourke, thus sealing the hatred between these two kings.
		Dermot formed an alliance with Richard de Clare, who was denied by King Henry to his title as Earl of Pembroke, Wales, otherwise known to history as Strongbow.
		However, this all changed on Dermot MacMurrough's death in May 1171 and with the accession of Strongbow to the kingship of Leinster.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /nugenta1/Nugent_History.htm (6895 words)

	Anglo-Norman Conquests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dermot MacMurrough, king of Leinster, where Boru was killed, and Tiernan O'Rourke, king of Breifne (currently Country Leitrim) had a personal conflict that reached far beyond their alliances to two opposing kings.
		MacMurrough, looking to strike a painful blow, kidnapped O'Rourke's wife Devorgilla in 1152, naturally an unforgivable act in the husband's eyes but possibly preferable to the wife.
		According to one telling, she "wept and screamed in pretense, as if Dermot were carrying her off by force." Hardly reckless young lovers trying to elope, he was 42 and she, 44.
	iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/STUDENTS/LoveBrad/anglo-norman.htm (718 words)

	Caomhánach - Dermot MacMurrough
		Nevertheless, MacMurrough was hardly an innocent bystander, having eagerly accepted the invitation, and having staged a realistic abduction, with horsemen and screaming victim.
		MacMurrough became deathly ill in April 1171, and while Strongbow was visiting him, Asgall, who had been forced to flee only nine months earlier, made good on his vow to return.
		The revolt nominally was led by Murtaugh MacMurrough, Dermot MacMurrough's nephew and heir, who claimed that succession should be determined by Irish (Brehon) law, not his uncle's agreement with Strongbow.
	www.kavanaghfamily.com /dermot/dm1.htm (1262 words)

	Caomhánach - Dermot MacMurrough
		The impatient MacMurrough returned to Ireland with a handful of Normans in 1167, but O'Connor and O'Rourke soon forced him to submit.
		With the wily MacMurrough leading the way, the Normans evaded an ambush laid by O'Connor and O'Rourke and arrived unscathed at the city walls.
		The Vikings were inclined to surrender, but while negotiations were still ongoing, le Gros and Milo de Cogan led their troops through a breach in the city walls and routed the city's ineffectual defenders.
	www.kavanaghfamily.com /dermot/dm2.htm (513 words)

	Irish History - Bad Ideas - ecomPlanet Web Hosting - the #1 Free hosting solution worldwide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Returning to Bristol, Dermot was initially unsuccessful, so he turned his attention to Wales, where the Normans were perpetually engaged in warfare against the native Welsh.
		He was to marry Dermot's daughter Aoife, and in time succeed to the kingship of Leinster.
		With Dermot's death in May 1171, Strongbow became King of Leinster, and his skilful knights and archers continued to defeat larger Irish and Norse armies.
	myweb.ecomplanet.com /PARS3986/mycustompage0001.htm (1945 words)

	Waterford
		In 1166, the castle of Dermot MacMurrough, king of Leinster, had been burned to the ground during his dispute with the kings of Connaught and Breifne.
		However, MacMurrough was only playing for time, and some of the Normans may have stayed on to help plan the full invasion.
		A different story, from "The Song of Dermot", is that an axe was given to a Norman woman who had lost her lover in the battle, and that she beheaded all the prisoners and threw their bodies into the sea.
	members.tripod.com /celtic-jewelry/waterford-city.html (2688 words)

	The Walsh Surname - Exploring Welsh Connections
		Dermot MacMurrough, after being defeated in 1166 by Rory O'Connor, King of Connacht and his ally, Tiernan O'Rourke, ruler of Breifne, fled to England for help in regaining his territory in Leinster.
		Dermot, meeting with Henry II, was eventually aided by Strongbow (Richard de Clare) who provided manpower for a failed invasion led by Dermot in 1167/68.
		After the advance parties had established themselves in Wexford, and after the unsatisfied Dermot MacMurrough asked him to expedite his invasion, Strongbow was the next to follow with an invasion force.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /blivens/webpages/Nesta&Cadwgan.htm (2019 words)

	Why did the Normans come to Ireland?
		In 1166, MacMurrough was forced out of his kingdom so he and his daughter Aoife went to England to get help from King Henry II.
		He was in France so Dermot and Aoife went to France to meet him.
		Dermot went to Wales where he met a Norman lord called Richard de Clare.
	www.teachnet.ie /mmorrin/norman/why.htm (239 words)

	Dermot MacMurrough - Japan
		Diarmait Mac Murchada (also known as Diarmait na nGall, "Dermot of the Foreigners"), anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough (died 1 May 1171) was the; King of Leinster, and is; often considered to have been the most notorious traitor in Irish history.
		It was said that Derbhforgaill was not exactly an unwilling prisoner and she remained in Ferns with MacMurrough, in comfort, for a number of years.
		MacMurrough was devastated after the death of his son, Domhnaill, he retreated to Ferns and died a few months later.
	dermot-macmurrough.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Dermot_MacMurrough (1355 words)

	Free-ResearchPapers.com - The Conquest Of Ireland
		The troops that Henry II provided MacMurrough were not quite sufficient enough so MacMurrough solicited the help of a Welshmen by the name of Strongbow, in return for his daughter’s hand in marriage as well as succession to the throne.
		Armed with English and Welsh troops MacMurrough returned to Ireland where he was victorious not only in claming his old territory Lenster its capital Dublin, and Wexford, as well as all port cities on the islands coast, but Limerick, an inland city state ruled by MacMurrough’s son-in-law.
		Dermot MacMurrough then did something surprising, he signed a truce with the archbishop of Dublin in order to secure that territory.
	www.free-researchpapers.com /dbs/a13/hte100.shtml (1959 words)

	tiernan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1152 Diarmaid macMurchadha (Dermot macMurrough), King of Leinstrer, with the assistance of the High King, Turlough Mor O Conor, invaded Briefne and subdued Tighernan O Ruairc.
		The High King Turlough Mor O Conor with an army marched into Dermot macMurrough's country and "took away the daughter of O Maeleachlain with her cattle from him, so that she was in the power of the men of Meath" (her own people).
		In 1167 Dermot MacMurrough landed in Waterford with a party of Normans, to be followed later by others, and in 1170 by "Strongbow", Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, whose ancestors had been Lords of Clare in Suffolk.
	www.tumalo.com /t_orourke.htm (1224 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 14
		When Lorcan was born his family had been ousted from their ancient throne and Dermot MacMurrough was the representative of the usurping line.
		Dermot was a large, violent, war-loving, vocal man hated by strangers and feared by his own people.
		He was in the very act of negotiating terms with Dermot, when the city was seized by Strongbow's sudden, treacherous irruption, and the peacemaker turned to save the wounded, to bury his dead, to guard ecclesiastical property from spoliation, and to recover the looted Church vessels and books.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1114.htm (5355 words)

	Doyle Clan History Part 1
		Mac Lochlainn allied himself with Dermot MacMurrough (Diarmait Murchadha), King of Leinster, against his main opponent, Rory O’Connor (Ruaidhri O Conchobhair), King of Connacht.
		Dermot then returned to Ireland with a small army in 1167, but was defeated by his old enemy Tiernan O’Rourke and forced to pay 100 ounces of gold in reparation for the abduction of Dervorgilla.
		Dermot MacMurrough died in May 1171, and Strongbow succeeded in crushing a general revolt of the Leinster Irish and established himself as king of Leinster.
	www.doyle.com.au /history_pt1.htm (2659 words)

	MacMurrough Dermot - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		MacMurrough Dermot - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Anglo-Norman nobles and men-at-arms arrived in southern Ireland in 1170 in response to an invitation from Dermot MacMurrough, the exiled king of...
		The first step towards an Anglo-Norman conquest of Ireland was made by Henry II of England, who is said to have obtained in 1155 a bull (official...
	au.encarta.msn.com /MacMurrough_Dermot.html (97 words)

	Dermot McMurrough. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He became involved in a complicated feud, partly because he abducted a neighbor’s wife, and in 1166 was defeated and banished by the High King Rory O’Connor.
		Dermot appealed for help to Henry II of England, who refused him direct support but allowed him to enlist a force led by Richard de Clare, 2d earl of Pembroke, and other Norman barons in Wales.
		He was a patron of the compilation of the valuable Irish manuscript, the Book of Leinster.
	www.bartleby.com /65/de/DermotMc.html (151 words)

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		After being ousted from his kingship in Leinster, and seeking help from King Henry II of England, Dermot MacMurrough enlisted the assistance of Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, better known as Strongbow.
		Strongbow was promised the whole of Leinster upon Dermot's death.
		Dermot MacMurrough died in May 1171, and Strongbow established himself as lord of Leinster, after crushing a general revolt of the Leinster Irish and Ostmen within two years.
	www.kilkennybedandbreakfast.com /wexford.htm (1010 words)

	Replies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Dermot MacMurrough, the off again on again King of Leinster, actively sought help from Henry II in his running clashes with other Irish chieftans, including the High King, O'conner and his bitter rival, O'Rourke.
		MacMurrough met with Strongbow, who had been on the wrong side in Henry's claim to the crown and had who's title had not been recognized once Henry obtained the crown.
		But you can also blame O'Conner, who executed MacMurrough's only son, which strengthend Strongbow's claim to Leinster, or you can blame O'Conner for later suing for peace and agreeing to be Henry's vassal with the Treaty of Windsor in 1175, and on and on and on.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/552178/replies?c=3 (649 words)

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