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is generally regarded as the most formidable of the later Kings of
Leinster. Throughout the course of his reign, Art managed to reclaim control over much of the kingdom of Leinster. He drove the descendants of the Anglo-Norman settlers out of north Wexford and coastal Wicklow and threatened the
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Connacht who derive it from
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927:Uí Bairrche
662:19 December
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143:Gaelic type
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1172:Lyons Hill
1046:Úgaine Mór
917:O'Hennessy
869:Uí Failghe
834:O'Finneran
801:O'Cosgrave
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1026:O'Farrell
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887:O'Dempsey
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892:Kavanagh
844:O'Garvey
839:O'Murphy
824:Kinsella
684:Archived
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427:See also
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373:Scotland
326:New Ross
214:Kilkenny
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163:Leinster
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854:O'Ryan
735:Laigin
581:"cóem"
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252:(also
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1231:Gaels
1096:Oscar
1091:Oisín
945:Tracy
829:Kehoe
269:Kevin
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