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Donnchadh mac Muirchertach Mac Murchada Caomhánach (anglicized Donal Reagh MacMurrough-Kavanagh, 1396 in Enniscorthy – 1476) was an Irish king of Leinster, Lord of Enniscorthy was one of three sons of Gerald Kavanaugh, King of Leinster, Lord of Ferns (1370-1431). Donal Reagh became King of Leinster when Gerald died in 1431, and the kingship remained with his Enniscorthy / Clonmullen descendants for the next six generations, until Domhnall Spáinneach Caomhánach of Clonmullen died in 1631. Domhnall Spáinneach Caomhánach was generally accepted by Irish and English as the last Irish King of Leinster.
CHACK: https://www.dib.ie/biography/obyrne-o-broin-donnchadh-a6529
The title of “MacMurrough” was not used by the Enniscorthy-Ferns Kavanaghs even though they had that right. He would later arrange the marriage of his daughter, Sabh Kavanagh, Princess of Leinster (1458-1508) to James Butler, Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord of the Manor of Advowson of Callan (1438-1487) and establish a strong alliance with the Norman House Butler.
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