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Dermot MacMurrough

/ ˈdÉ›ËmÉ™t mÉ™kˈmÊŒrÉ™ /

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  1. Dermot MacMurrough?11101171MIrishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1110–71, king of Leinster, who, by enlisting the support of the English to win back his kingdom, was responsible for the English conquest of Ireland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Richard de Clare his name was, second Earl of Pembroke, and it was to him, so legend says, that Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, appealed for aid, in 1166, after he had been driven from his kingdom and compelled to restore to Tiernan O'Rourke, Prince of Breffni, Dervorgilla—otherwise Mrs. O'Rourke—with whom he had eloped.

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It was there that Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, saw her, and after that no other woman would do for him.

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Just there, out at the end of a point of land, stands the fragment of a tower, and our jarvey told us it was all that was left of the castle from which Dervorgilla eloped with Dermot MacMurrough—a tale already told by the little tailor of Limerick.

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Dermot Macmurrough, Eva, daughter of, 92.

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Eva, daughter of Dermot Macmurrough, 92.

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