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EVA, DAUGHTER OF DERMOT MACMURROUGH

By JOHN POWERS. (10 Dorchester Place, Blandford Square.)

"A Hapless Hunter" will find, in the Statute of Kilkenny (edited by James Hardiman, Esq., M.R.I.A. for the Irish Archæological Society in 1843), pp. 28, 29. *note*, two incidental notices of Eva, daughter of Dermot M'Morrough; the first, her witnessing a grant made by Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, during his lifetime; and the second, a grant made by her to John Comyn, Archbishop of Dublin, in the reign of Richard I. (at least sixteen years after her husband's death), "pro salute anime mee et domini comitis Ricardi," &c. Should he not have an opportunity of consulting the work, I shall h…

Topics: Genealogy, Historical Customs

Locations: Dublin