This pair of bronze sculptures celebrates the marriage of Strongbow to Aoife MacMurrough. Do not feel bad if you were not invited. The arranged wedding occurred in 1170. Strongbow was a Norman conqueror of Waterford and other parts of Ireland and she was an Irish Princess, the daughter of King Dermot MacMurrough. The nuptials created a political bond between the Irish Gaelic and the Anglo-Normans. The sculptures by Eithne Ring and Liam Lavery were unveiled in Bishop’s Palace Garden in 2014.
