Aoife MacMurrough
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Aoife MacMurrough, also known as Eva of Leinster or Red Eva, was an Irish noblewoman. The daughter of King of Leinster Dermot MacMurrough, her marriage to Anglo-Norman nobleman Richard "Strongbow" de
Aoife's husband Richard de Clare was known as "Strongbow".
Richard de Clare, the second Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. Like h
Detail of Strongbow from Daniel Maclise's painting below
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (1854) by Daniel Maclise, a romanticised depiction of the union in the ruins of Waterford
Strongbow's tomb, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin