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FityDermot Family

After the Norman invasion the Uí Dúnchada accepted Norman title and land grant and became the FitzDermot family. Carn Uí Dúnchada in Dublin was named for them and they later settled at Rathdown near Dun Laoghaire in South Dublin.

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