{"slug": "diarmait-mac-murchada", "label": "Diarmait Mac Murchada", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarmait_Mac_Murchada", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887822", "qid": "Q887822", "description": "King of Leinster in Ireland", "entries": 15, "years": 10, "span": [1110, 1171], "span_label": ["1110 CE", "1171 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Dermot MacMurrough", "Dermot McMurrough", "Diarmaid mac Murchadha"], "related": [{"slug": "leinster", "label": "Leinster", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "richard-de-clare-2nd-earl-of-pembroke", "label": "Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "henry-ii-of-england", "label": "Henry II of England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "normans", "label": "Normans", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "waterford", "label": "Waterford", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "connacht", "label": "Connacht", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-normandy", "label": "Duchy of Normandy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "county-kildare", "label": "County Kildare", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "irish-sea", "label": "Irish Sea", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1110, "year_label": "1110 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Diarmait Mac Murchada, Irish king of Leinster (d. 1171)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871350#Births", "title": "1110", "revid": 1368871350, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1126, "year_label": "1126 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Diarmaid mac Murchadha becomes King of Munster", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814299#Events", "title": "1126 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814299, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1132, "year_label": "1132 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Diarmait Mac Murchada has the abbey of Kildare in Ireland burned, and the abbess raped. He becomes king of the province of Leinster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359566515#Religion", "title": "1132", "revid": 1359566515, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1152, "year_label": "1152 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Diarmaid mac Murchadha elopes with Devorgill.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1255708539#Events", "title": "1152 in Ireland", "revid": 1255708539, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Devorgilla (married to Tiernan O'Rourke) eloped with Dermot McMurrough (the King of Leinster) to Ferns, an act which brought about a feud and McMurrough's eventual exile from Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371236903#Events", "title": "1153 in Ireland", "revid": 1371236903, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1166, "year_label": "1166 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, is driven from his kingdom by Tigernán Ua Ruairc and Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair across the Irish Sea, seeks the help of Henry II of England and recruits Norman knights.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814138#Events", "title": "1166 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814138, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1166, "year_label": "1166 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, High King of Ireland, is killed. He is succeeded by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, king of Connacht, who defeats Diarmaid mac Murchadha (or Dermot, another ruler in eastern Ireland) in battle. Diarmaid is exiled and goes to Normandy and the court of King Henry II of England to ask for assistance in retaking his kingdom. Henry gives him permission to find a willing army from either England or Wales. Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (\"Strongbow\") and his half-brothers Robert FitzStephen and Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan, agree to help Diarmaid mac Murchadha in return for Diarmaid's daughter's hand in marriage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303964516#British_Isles", "title": "1166", "revid": 1303964516, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1167, "year_label": "1167 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Diarmaid mac Murchadha (or Dermot), former king of Leinster, returns to Ireland with an advance party of Flemings under Richard fitz Godbert de Roche.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361983030#Ireland", "title": "1167", "revid": 1361983030, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1167, "year_label": "1167 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Diarmait Mac Murchada, exiled King of Leinster, returns from Wales with a force of Flemings under Richard fitz Godbert de Roche of Rhos (the first Anglo-Norman knight to land in Ireland) and retakes control of the Uí Ceinnselaig, presaging the Norman invasion of Ireland, but fails to take Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814145#Events", "title": "1167 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814145, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1169, "year_label": "1169 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland: Anglo-Norman mercenaries land at the request of deposed King Diarmaid mac Murchadha (Dermot). Among those arriving is Richard de Clare (a vassal of Henry II), who has made an alliance with exiled Diarmaid mac Murchadha to help him regain the throne of Leinster. This begins the period of Anglo-Norman dominance of Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367314843#Ireland", "title": "1169", "revid": 1367314843, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1169, "year_label": "1169 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 1", "text": "1 May – Norman invasion of Ireland starts with the arrival at Bannow Bay in Leinster of Norman military leaders Robert Fitz-Stephen, Maurice FitzGerald and others including Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare (\"Strongbow\") who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief Diarmait Mac Murchada to help him regain the throne of Leinster. Wexford, Waterford, Dublin and the Kingdom of Ossory are taken and Mac Murchada restored as King of Leinster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318453331#Events", "title": "1169 in Ireland", "revid": 1318453331, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1170, "year_label": "1170 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Strongbow is married to Dermot MacMurrough’s daughter, Aoife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814053#Events", "title": "1170 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814053, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1171, "year_label": "1171 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – following the death of Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster, the lordship of Leinster is disputed between his son, Domhnall Caomhánach, and the Cambro-Norman Richard de Clare (Strongbow).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814057#Events", "title": "1171 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814057, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1171, "year_label": "1171 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Diarmaid mac Murchadha, king of Leinster (b. 1110)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362165802#Deaths", "title": "1171", "revid": 1362165802, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1171, "year_label": "1171 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 1", "text": "1 May – Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (born 1110).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814057#Deaths", "title": "1171 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814057, "section": "Deaths"}}]}