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Diarmait Mac Murchada

1110 - 1171

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Diarmait Mac Murchada (Modern Irish: Diarmaid Mac Murchadha; anglicised as Dermot MacMurrough or Dermot MacMurphy; c. 1110 – c. 1 May 1171), was King of Leinster in Ireland from 1127 to 1171. In 1167, he was deposed by the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. To recover his kingdom, Mac Murchada solicited help from King Henry II of England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diarmait Mac Murchada is the 6,092nd most popular politician (up from 16,835th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Diarmait Mac Murchada ranks 6,092 out of 19,576Before him are Kit Bond, Zhao Mengfu, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Hōjō Masako, Hamida Djandoubi, and Beatrice of Castile. After him are Zoltán Tildy, Emperor Chong of Han, Lothar von Richthofen, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Bezmiâlem Sultan, and Ugolino della Gherardesca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1110, Diarmait Mac Murchada ranks 8Before him are Ibn Tufail, Antipope Paschal III, John of Salisbury, John Tzetzes, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, and Odo de St Amand. After him are García Ramírez of Navarre, Maurice de Sully, Godfrey II, Count of Louvain, Kaykaus I, Richard of Saint Victor, and Hodierna of Jerusalem. Among people deceased in 1171, Diarmait Mac Murchada ranks 3Before him are Yesugei, and Al-Adid. After him are Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut, Philip of Milly, Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, Vladimir III of Kiev, and Henry of Blois.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Diarmait Mac Murchada ranks 76 out of 549Before him are Ethel Voynich (1864), William C. Campbell (1930), Colin Farrell (1976), Mary Robinson (1944), James Ussher (1581), and Malcolm II of Scotland (954). After him are Brenda Fricker (1945), Bob Geldof (1951), Sheridan Le Fanu (1814), Richard Cantillon (1680), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), and Thomas Moore (1779).

Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Diarmait Mac Murchada ranks 13Before him are John Boland (1870), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Michael Collins (1890), Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), and Malcolm II of Scotland (954). After him are Brian Boru (941), Edward Carson (1854), Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (1116), Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785), Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715), and Pierce Butler (1744).