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Kings of Leinster

Diarmait mac Mail, King of Leinster and Ireland.
See wikipedia and genealogics.
He mar Dearbforgail O'Brien [grand-dau of Brian Boru].
He died 1072.
Diarmait and Dearbforgail had issue:

Murchad mac Diarmata.
See wikipedia and genealogics.
He died 1070 (before his father).
He had issue:

Donnchad, King of Leinster.
See wikipedia and genealogics.
He was killed in 1115.
He had issue:

Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster.
See wikipedia and genealogics.
He mar Mor O'Toole.
In 1152, he abducted Dervorgila, the wife of O'Rourke of Breffni. Not unwillingly for they were lovers. Known as the "Rape of Dervorgila".
He was deposed.
He went to England to seek help from Henry II, thus inviting the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
The Anglo-Normans invaded in 1169, led by Strongbow and Maurice Fitzgerald de Windsor.
Dermot held Dunamase fort, Co.Laois.
He died 1171. He was bur in Ferns Cathedral, Co.Wexford.
He had issue [by Mor O'Toole]:

1. Aoife MacMurrough, Princess of Leinster.
   See wikipedia and genealogics.
   She mar Richard de Clare, "Strongbow", 2nd Earl of Pembroke and had issue.

   
   

2. Urlachan MacMurrough.
   She mar Domnall Mor O'Brien, King of Thomond and had issue.

   
   

The Marriage of Princess Aoife of Leinster with the Norman Richard de Clare (Strongbow) by Daniel Maclise (1854).
From Wikipedia. Also here.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• Diarmait mac Mael na mBo in [DNB]
• Diarmait Mac Murchada in [DNB]

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