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Diarmait Mac Murchada
Diarmait Mac Murchada was King of Leinster of the Uí Chennselaig dynasty. Driven out by the High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair and Tigernán Ua Ruairc in 1166, he sought help from Henry II of England and recruited Anglo-Norman knights, above all Richard de Clare, known as Strongbow, who married his daughter Aoife. Their capture of Waterford and Dublin in 1170 began the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.
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