2) Dermot McMurrough. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Irish king of Leinster. He became involved in a complicated feud, partly because he abducted a neighbor's wife, and in 1166 was defeated and banished by the High...

3) Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republic of Ireland, Irish Baile Atha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the...

4) Ossory. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Roman Catholic episcopal see of Ossory, including Kilkenny and parts of Co. Offaly and Co. Laoighis. An independent state on the borders of Leinster and Munster,...

5) Fitzgerald, Lord Edward. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lord Edward, 1763-98, Irish revolutionary; son of James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of Kildare and 1st duke of Leinster. After an early career in the army and the Irish...

6) Kildare, James Fitzgerald, 20th earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Irish House of Commons from 1741 until 1744, when he succeeded as earl of Kildare. He was created Viscount Leinster (in the English peerage) in 1747 and duke of Leinster...

7) Pembroke, Richard de Clare, 2d earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Richard de Clare, 2d earl of, d. 1176, English nobleman, also known as Richard Strongbow. He went as an adventurer (1170) to Ireland at the request of the hard-pressed...

8) Fitzgerald, Maurice. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pembroke castle, and Nesta, daughter of the prince of South Wales. Fitzgerald crossed to Ireland in 1169 to join others in aiding Dermot McMurrough, king of Leinster....

9) Wexford, county, Republic of Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The county seat is the port city of Wexford. Most of the land is low and fertile, but on the western border Mt. Leinster in the Blackstairs Mts. rises to 2,610 ft...

10) Drogheda. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republic of Ireland, on the Boyne River. The town has a port that exports agricultural products (especially to Liverpool). Industries include cement-processing works,...