EVA, DAUGHTER OF DERMOT MACMURROUGH

Giraldus Cambrensis mentions, that MacMurrough, having, in the year 1167, procured letters patent from Henry II., repaired to England, and there induced Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke and Strighul, to engage to aid him, on condition of receiving, in return, the hand of his eldest daughter, Eva, and the heirship of his dominions.—*Girald Camb*. p. 761. And further, that Strongbow did not arrive in Ireland until the eve of St. Bartholomew's day, September 1170; he was joined at Waterford by Eva and her father, and the marriage took place *a few days after*, and *during* the sacking of that place.—I…