... to the High Kingship of Ireland. Against this claim stood MacMurrough who had become King of Leinster in 1126 and he too claimed the title. It was he who ensured that the English were given an open invitation to involve themselves in the affairs of Ireland. In 1152 MacMurrough ... "Also there be thirty great captains of the English folk that follow the same Irish order... and every one of them maketh war and peace for himself without any licence of the King...". The Earls of Kildare (House of Fitzgerald) who supposedly represented royal authority in Ireland, were themselves ... meant th...

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