Lawrence was born in 1128 as a Son of Murtagh,chief of the Murrays, near Kildare, and Ireland. As a boy,he was taken hostage by the raiding King Dermot McMurrogh of Leinster, but was turned over to the Bishop of Glendalough after two years. Lawrence became a monk at Glendalough, or was named abbot in 1153,[…]
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