Aoife MacMurrough

**Aoife MacMurrough** ( Irish   ;  1153 -  1188), wanda kuma aka sani da **Eva ta Leinster** ko **Red Eva**,  mace ce mai daraja 'yar Ireland. 'Yar Sarkin Leinster Dermot MacMurrough, aurenta da wani fitaccen ɗan Ingila Richard "Strongbow" de Clare a ranar 25 ga Agusta 1170 ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin muhimmin lokaci a mamayar Anglo-Norman a Ireland .  

## Rayuwa ta farko da tarihin iyali
Aoife MacMurrough 'yar Dermot MacMurrough ce, Sarkin Leinster,   da matarsa Mor O'Toole, 'yar Sarkin Uí Muiredaigh, Muirchertach Ua Tuathail. Aoife yana da ɗan'uwan uba, Domhnall Caomh Nicole, da ɗan'uwa, Conchobar (ya mutu 1170). 

Wataƙila iyayen Aoife sun yi aure a kusa da 1153, kuma masanin tarihi Marie Therese Flanagan ya ɗauka ranar haihuwar Aoife ba da daɗewa ba bayan aurensu. Flanagan ta bayyana cewa Aoife zai kasance a mafi yawan shekaru goma sha bakwai a lokacin aurenta a cikin 1170,  kuma National Gallery of Ireland kuma ta ɗauka cewa tana da wannan shekarun. 

A matsayinta na 'yar sarakunan Gaelic na Ireland, ƙaramar Aoife za ta sami girma mafi girma fiye da sauran 'yan mata a Ireland waɗanda suka fi ta talauci; matsayinta na gata ya tabbatar da cewa ta sami ilimin dokar Brehon kuma da ta tabbatar da cewa ta iya karatu da harshen Latin na Ecclesiastical . Tunda mahaifiyarta (wadda ita ma ta haifi ɗa ɗaya da wata 'ya mace) ita ce matar Diarmait ta biyu, matsayinta ya yi ƙasa da na matar mijinta ta farko, Sadb Ní Faeláin, kuma haihuwarta ta 'ya'ya maza biyu da 'ya mace ɗaya. &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup>

== Aure ==
Babban Sarkin Ireland Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair ya kori mahaifin Aoife Dermot. Dermot ya kasa a yunƙurin ɗaukar [[Waterford]] . <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D; Aoife, tare da iyayenta da kuma wasu magoya bayansu kaɗan, sun sauka a Bristol a lokacin bazara na 1166. Sun yi hanyarsu zuwa Normandy, sannan zuwa kotun Henry na II da ke Aquitaine .  Dermot ya nemi taimakon Henry don dawo da masarautarsa da ta ɓace. Henry ya ba Dermot izinin neman taimako daga Anglo-Normans. 

A shekara ta 1166 [1] ko 1168, [1] Dermot ya yi wa Aoife alƙawarin auren wani fitaccen ɗan Ingila-Norman Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, Earl na 2 na Pembroke, a madadin tallafin soja. Gerald na Wales, wani mai kare haƙƙin Anglo-Norman, [2] [1] shi ne kawai masanin tarihi na zamani da ya bayyana cewa wannan shine dalilin Dermot. Wasu majiyoyi na zamani ba su tabbatar da hakan ba, amma wannan shine ainihin sakamakon auren. [2] [1] Farfagandar Anglo-Norman ta zamani ta yi amfani da auren don tabbatar da gadon Richard a matsayin Sarkin Leinster. [1] A cewar National Gallery of Ireland, dole ne namiji da mace su amince da aure a ƙarƙashin dokar Brehon, don haka yana da kyau a yanke hukuncin cewa Aoife ta amince da auren da aka shirya . [1] Akasin haka, Flanagan ya bayyana cewa babu shakka Aoife ba shi da iko a kan auren. [1]

A ranar 23 ga Agusta, 1170, an kama Waterford a wani ɗan gajeren yaƙi amma mai ƙarfi.    Aoife ta auri Richard kusan nan da nan bayan   a ranar 25 ga Agusta  a Cocin Christchurch da ke Waterford.   A ƙarƙashin dokar Anglo-Norman, wannan ya ba Richard haƙƙin gadon Masarautar Leinster . Duk da haka, Richard ba shi da irin wannan haƙƙoƙin a ƙarƙashin dokar Brehon ta Ireland. 

A wani lokaci tsakanin aurenta a shekara ta 1170 da mutuwar Richard a shekara ta 1176, Aoife ta haifi 'ya'ya biyu: Gilbert (an haife shi  1173) da Isabel . 

## Bazawara
Aoife ta cancanci samun kashi ɗaya bisa uku na kuɗin shiga daga gidajen mijinta na marigayi . Da alama a shekarun 1183 da 1184, Aoife ta zauna a Chepstow Castle da ke Monmouthshire, Wales. Tun lokacin da Welsh suka kai hari a Glamorgan a shekarar 1184, Aoife ta ƙaura zuwa Wales don kare Chepstow daga faɗawa ƙarƙashin ikon Wales. 

A shekara ta 1185, Aoife (wanda aka sani da "ƙasar Irish") ta yi alfahari da gidajen sarauta na demesne a Weston, Hertfordshire, da Chesterford, Essex . Daga baya ta fitar da wani tsari wanda ya ba da shawarar gina gidan ibada na Benedictine a Ickleton, Cambridgeshire . A wannan lokacin tana amfani da taken "Countess Eva, magajin Sarki Diarmait".  Aoife ta bayyana a fili a cikin bayanan gudanarwa na Ingila fiye da majiyoyin Irish. 

Ba kamar yadda aka saba ba ga wata ƙaramar bazawara a wancan lokacin, ba ta sake yin aure ba. Wannan, tare da furucinta na cewa ita ce magajin Dermot, na iya nuna cewa tana da ɗabi'a mai ƙarfi.  Da alama Aoife mace ce mai gaskiya, domin har ma ta jagoranci sojoji zuwa yaƙi. Wannan abu ne da ba zai yiwu ba a cikin al'ummar Norman, amma ba sabon abu ba ne a cikin al'ummarta ta asali ta Irish. 

## Manazarta