Ancestral Glimpses » Moore O'Toole (± 1114-1191)

Personal data Moore O'Toole 

• Alternative name: Mór ingen Muirchertaig Ó Thuathail
• She was born about 1114 in Kildare, Kildare, IRELANDCastledermot.
• She died on May 10, 1191 in Loch Garman, Leinster, Wexford, IRELAND.
• She is buried in Wexford, IRELAND.
• A child of Muirchertach mac Gilla Comgaill Ó Tuathail and Cacht O'More
• This information was last updated on February 6, 2018.

Household of Moore O'Toole

She is married to Dermot II MacMurchada.

They got married about 1140 at Leinster, IRELAND.

Child(ren):

1. Aoife MacMurrough  1145-1188 

Notes about Moore O'Toole

Mór was born in Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland in abt. 1114, the dau. of Muitchertach O'Toole (O'Tuathail), King of the Ui Muirdeaigh, and Cacht Inion Loigsig O'Morda. Her paternal grand-parents were Gilla Comgaill O'Toole and Sadb Mael Morda O'Domnail. Her maternal grand-parents were Loigsig O'Morda, King of Loigsig and Gormlaith Inion Finn O'Caellaide (O'Kelly).
One of Mór's four half-brothers was St. Laurence O'Toole, Archbishop of Dublin who was canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius III.
Sometime abt. 1140 in Lough Carmen, County Wexford, Mor md. as his first wife, King Dermot MacMurrough of Leinster, making her Queen-consort of Leinster. His second wife was Sadhbh Ni Fhaolain. In 1152, he abducted the wife of Tiernan O'Rourke, King of Breifny. She was Derbhforghaill Ni Mhaol Seachlainn, who is often referred to as King Dermot's third wife, however, she was in point of fact, his mistress, by whom he had several children.

Together Dermot and Mor had abt. three children:
* Conchobhar MacMurrough (died 1167)
* Aoife of Leinster (1145- 1188), md. Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known in history as Strongbow, by whom she had two children, including Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, who became the heiress to her father's titles and estates.
* Orlachan of Leinster, md. Donough More, King of Thomond, by whom she had issue.
In 1167, Mór's son Conchobhar was killed by Rory O'Connor, High King of Ireland, after having been taken hostage while Dermot waged war against Rory with the aim of overthrowing him in order to take his place as the High King.
Queen Mor died in 1191, three years after her eldest dau., Aoife. Her husband King Dermot had died on 1 May 1171 in Ferns, shortly after the Cambro-Norman invasion of Ireland led by their son-in-law, Strongbow, and which Dermot had himself instigated and abetted.

In Celtic, Mór Uí Thuathail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_O%27Toole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_O%27Toole
Mór Uí Thuathail is often anglicized as "More O'Toole." She was one of the two simultaneous wives of Diarmuid MacMurrough, King of Leinster, our ancestor.
Mór Ní Thuathail (ca. 1114 – 1191) was a Queen-consort of Leinster as the principal first wife of King Diarmait Mac Murchada. Under Brehon Law, Irish men were allowed more than one wife. King Dermot's second wife was Sadhbh Ní Fhaolain.

Mór was the mother of Aoife of Leinster, the wife of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, known to history as Strongbow.

Family
Mór was born in Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland in abt. 1114, the dau. of Muirchertach Ua Tuathail, King of the Uí Muirdeaigh, and Cacht Ní Morda.
Her paternal grand-parents were Gilla Comgaill Ua Toole and Sadbh Ní Domnail and her maternal grand-parents were Loigsig Ua Morda, King of Laois and Gormlaith Ní Caellaide.
One of Mor's four half-brothers was St. Lorcán Ua Tuathail, Archbishop of Dublin, who was canonized in 1225 by Pope Honorius III.

Marriage and issue
Sometime abt. 1140 in Loch Garman, County Wexford, Mór was md. to King Diarmait Mac Murchada of Leinster as his principal first wife, making her Queen-consort of Leinster. His second wife was Sadhbh Ní Fhaolain. Under Brehon Law, Irish men were permitted more than one wife. In 1152, he abducted Derbforgaill Ní Mhaol Seachlainn, the wife of the King of Breifne, Tighearnán Ua Ruairc (Irish: Tighearnán Ua Ruairc).[1]

Together Dermot and Mór had about three children:
Conchobhar Mac Murchada (died 1167)
Aoife MacMurrough (1145 – 1188), md. 29 Aug 1170, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known to history as Strongbow, by whom she had two children, including Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, who became the heiress to her father's titles and estates.
Órlaith of Leinster,[1] md. Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond, by whom she had issue.
In 1167, Mór's son Conchobhar was killed by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland, after having been taken hostage while Diarmait waged war against Ruaidrí with the aim of overthrowing him in order to take his place as the High King.
Queen Mór died in 1191, three years after her eldest dau., Aoife. Her husband predeceased her on 1 May 1171 in Ferns, shortly after the Cambro-Norman invasion of Ireland led by their son-in-law, Strongbow.
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