Mor Ui Thuathail

Mor O'Toole
Queen consort of Leinster
Tenure	c. 1140 – 1 May 1171
Spouse	Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster
Issue
Conchobhar MacMurrough Aoife of Leinster Orlachan of Leinster
House	O'Toole Mac Murchada
Father	Muitchertach O'Toole
Mother	Cacht Inion Loigsig O'Morda
Born	c. 1114 Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
Died	1191 Ireland

Mor O'Toole (in Irish Mor Ui Thuathail) (c. 1114–1191) was a Queen-consort of Leinster as the first wife of King Dermot MacMurrough. Under Brehon Law, Irish kings were allowed two wives. King Dermot's second wife was Sadhbh Ni Fhaolain. Queen Mor was the mother of Aoife of Leinster, the wife of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, known to history as Strongbow.

Family

Mor was born in Castledermot, Kildare, Ireland in about 1114, the daughter of Muirchertach O'Toole (O'Tuathail), King of the Ui Muirdeaigh, and Cacht Inion Loigsig O'Morda. Her paternal grandparents were Gilla Comgaill O'Toole and Sadb Mael Morda O'Domnail, and her maternal grandparents were Loigsig O'Morda, King of Loigsig and Gormlaith Inion Finn O'Caellaide (O'Kelly).

One of Mor's four half-brothers was St. Laurence O'Toole, Archbishop of Dublin who was canonised in 1225 by Pope Honorius III.

Dermot MacMurrough, King of Leinster, husband of Mor O'Toole

Marriage and issue

Sometime about 1140 in Loch Garman, County Wexford, Mor married as his first wife, King Diarmait Mac Murchada (anglicised as Dermot MacMurrough) of Leinster, making her Queen-consort of Leinster. His second wife was Sadhbh Ni Fhaolain. In 1152, he abducted Derbforgaill Ni Mhaol Seachlainn, the wife of the King of Breifne, Tiernan O'Rourke (Irish: Tighearnán Ua Ruairc).^[1]

Together Dermot and Mor had about three children:

• Conchobhar MacMurrough (died 1167)
• Aoife MacMurrough (1145–1188), married 29 August 1170, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, known to history as Strongbow, by whom she had two children, including Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke, who became the heiress to her father's titles and estates.
• Orlachan of Leinster,^[1] married Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Thomond, by whom she had issue.

In 1167, Mor's son Conchobhar was killed by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland, after having been taken hostage while Diarmait waged war against Ruaidrí with the aim of overthrowing him in order to take his place as the High King.

Queen Mor died in 1191, three years after her eldest daughter, Aoife. Her husband predeceased her on 1 May 1171 in Ferns, shortly after the Cambro-Norman invasion of Ireland led by their son-in-law, Strongbow.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Kings of Leinster

• Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Kings of Leinster

Persondata
Name	Thuathail, Mor Ui
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1114
Place of birth	Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland
Date of death	1191
Place of death	Ireland