He came in 1177 and left in 1204. He came to conquer territory and while in Ireland he did that. He built a lot of castles and monasteries. He fought a number of battles and was finally driven out of the country in 1204, because he had made new coins with Saint Patricks face on them NOT the Kings, that made the king very angry so he fourced him out of ireland.
In 1166 he was ousted as King of Leinster. In an effort to regain his throne he sought assistance from King Henry II of England. Troops were sent and he regained his throne. Dermot's daughter Aoife then married a nobleman Richard de Clare, also known as Strongbow. When Dermot died Strongbow took over. King Henry II sent troops again in an effort to keep Strongbow under control. It was through Dermot McMurrough's actions that England first began to rule Ireland.
He went to Wales, then to England and finally to France.
He had been promised her by her father, Dermot McMurrough, for helping him in his attempts to regain the throne of Leinster in Ireland.
He came to help Dermot McMurrough regain his throne and because he was promised Dermot McMurrough's daughter Aoife in marriage.
Dermot MacMurrough.
Dermot MacMurrough fell in love with dervogilla the king of breifnes wife.
Dermot was a King of Leinster in Ireland. Ousted as King of Leinster in 1166, he sought military assistance from King Henry II of England to retake his kingdom. In return, MacMurrough pledged an Oath of Allegiance to Henry, who sent troops in support. As a further thanks for his reinstatement, MacMurrough's daughter Aoife was married to Richard de Clare, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke and a Cambro-Norman lord, known as "Strongbow."info taken from wiki
Diarmait Mac Murchada, anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, was defeated and exiled by a group of enemies. He fled to Normandy and appealed to the King Henry II of England for help in getting his kingdom back. Henry gave the aid, and Leinster was retaken in short order. The problem with all this was that Norman knights had gone into Ireland to help the King of Leinster, and Henry was worried that they would eventually set up their own independent Norman kingdom in Ireland. So he went to Ireland to get some control over the situation. The kings of a number of Irish kingdoms acknowledged Henry as an overlord as a way to curb the power of Leinster, and the Norman knights he brought along set up residence in Ireland as well. There is a link below.
He was an Irish king of the province of Leinster in the 12th century. After losing his throne, he left Ireland and got support from abroad, inviting the Normans into Ireland.
He came in 1177 and left in 1204. He came to conquer territory and while in Ireland he did that. He built a lot of castles and monasteries. He fought a number of battles and was finally driven out of the country in 1204, because he had made new coins with Saint Patricks face on them NOT the Kings, that made the king very angry so he fourced him out of ireland.
In 1166 he was ousted as King of Leinster. In an effort to regain his throne he sought assistance from King Henry II of England. Troops were sent and he regained his throne. Dermot's daughter Aoife then married a nobleman Richard de Clare, also known as Strongbow. When Dermot died Strongbow took over. King Henry II sent troops again in an effort to keep Strongbow under control. It was through Dermot McMurrough's actions that England first began to rule Ireland.
He went to Wales, then to England and finally to France.
He had been promised her by her father, Dermot McMurrough, for helping him in his attempts to regain the throne of Leinster in Ireland.
Aoife MacMurrough was born in 1145.
Aoife MacMurrough died in 1188.
Walter MacMurrough Kavanagh died in 1922.