Diarmait Mac Murchada, was King of Leinster in Ireland from 1127 to 1171. In 1167, he was deposed by the High King of Ireland, RuaidrĂ Ua Conchobair. To recover his kingdom, Mac Murchada solicited hel
Diarmait as depicted in the Expugnatio Hibernica, c. 1189
The Marriage of Aoife and Strongbow (1854) by Daniel Maclise, a romanticised depiction of the union between Aoife and Richard de Clare in the ruins of Waterford
Gravestone at Ferns Cathedral. This is said to be the gravestone of Mac Murchada.
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".