Aoife MacMurrough, Countess of Ireland, Countess of Pembroke

Abt 1145 - Aft 1187  (> 43 years)

• Name	Aoife MacMurrough
  Title	Countess of Ireland, Countess of Pembroke
  Birth	Abt 1145	Ireland
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1187	Clare, Munster, Ireland
  Person ID	I7585	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Diarmuid MacMurrough, King Of Leinster Dermot ,   b. Abt 26 Jun 1110, County Wexford, Ireland d. 8 May 1171, County Wexford, Ireland (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mor Ui Thuathail, Queen Consort Of Leinster ,   b. 1114, County Dublin, Ireland d. 10 May 1191, County Wexford, Ireland (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1140	County Dublin, Ireland
  Family ID	F1479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Richard Clare, 2nd Earl Of Pembroke Earl Of Striguil ,   b. Abt 1130, Kentshire, England d. Abt 20 Apr 1176, County Dublin, Ireland (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	26 Aug 1170	County Waterford, Ireland
  Children	+ 1. Isabel De Clare, Countess Of Pembroke And Striguil ,   b. Apr 1171, Yorkshire, England d. 11 Mar 1220, Yorkshire, England (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  She had been promised to Strongbow by her father who had visited Englan d t o a s k f o r an invasion army. He was not allowed to give his daughter a w ay , a s u n der Early Irish Law Aoife had the choice of whom she married, b u t s h e h a d to agree to an arranged marriage. Under Anglo-Norman law, this gave Strongbow succession rights to the Ki n g d o m o f Leinster. Under Irish Brehon law, the marriage gave her a life i n t e r e st only, after which any land would normally revert to male cousin s ; b u t B r ehon law also recognized a transfer of "swordland" following a c o n q u e st. Aoife conducted battles on behalf of her husband and is someti m e s k n o wn as Red Eva (Irish: Aoife Rua).