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| STRONGBOW'S MONUMENT, CHRIST CHURCH, DUBLIN.- Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke, nicknamed "Strongbow," because of his strength and skill in archery, was the chief, and most accomplished, of the band of Norman adventurers that invaded Ireland on the invitation of Dermod MacMurrough, the traitor King of Leinster, during the years 1169-72. MacMurrough eloped with his wife of O'Ruarc, Prince of Breffni, during the latter's absence on a pious pilgrimage. |
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