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From: Stewart Baldwin< >
Subject: Re: Mother of Aoife
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:09:53 GMT

On 3 Apr 2000 22:37:01 -0700, wrote:

>Hey what's up with Morgan Llywellyn, author of the book "Strongbow, the
>story of Richard and Aoife"?
>
>She says that Aoife is the daughter of Dermot MacMurrough (aka Diarmait
>MacMurchada) and a second wife, name of Sive.
>
>Now, I've always thought Aoife's mom was Mor ingen Muirchertaig Ua
>Tauthail (O'Toole). True or Not True?
>
>Gracias,
>Kathy Rhodes

Morgan Llywelyn is an author of historical FICTION, and genealogical
innacuracies in her works have been discussed in this forum before.
In general, historical fiction is a very poor source for genealogy.
The correct mother is Mor Ua Tuathail (O'Toole), as is verified by the
Ban Shenchus, a genealogical work apparently composed in the late
twelfth century.

Stewart Baldwin

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