Dermod Of Leinster MacMurrough, King

1110 - 1170  (60 years)

• Name	Dermod Of Leinster MacMurrough
  Suffix	King
  Born	1109/1110	, Leinster, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8JDX-FP
  Died	Dec 1170	Ferns, Leinster, Ireland
  Person ID	I19201	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	King Of Leinster Enna (Enda),   b. Abt 1084, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland ,   d. 1125, Lough Carmen, Wexford, Leinster, Ireland  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Mrs-Enna King Of Leinster,   b. Abt 1089, Of, Leinster, Ireland
  Family ID	F6868	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	More O'Toole,   b. Abt 1113, , Leinster, Ireland ,   d. 1190  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1139	Lough Carmen, Wexford, Ireland
  Children	+ 1. Aoife (Eve) McMurrough, [Countess],   b. Abt 1144, Of, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. 1176  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Family ID	F6866	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  King of Leinster Surname may be spelled McMurrough In the 1160's, Dermot MacMurrough, asked King Henry II of England to help him gain control of the country. Henry gave Dermot permission to recruit Norman soldiers in England. Dermot promised to share with the Normans whatever territory he conquered with their aid. He led the Normans on an invasion of eastern Ireland in 1170, but died the following year. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p I336-337.