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Hugh de Lacy - would you buy a second hand car from this man? A swarthy man with small, black deepset eyes, a flat nose, an ugly scar on his cheek, a short neck & hairy sinewy body. He was short and ill made in person, but in character firm and resolute #Trim starts half an hour 
Strongbow, the boyo, supporting Dermot MacMorrough (less said the better) arrived in Wexford with a load of knights and quickly took control of large parts of Leinster - May the divil mend him #Trim
Things weren’t great for the Irish and were about to get worse. The king of England (a Frenchman) Henry II said “I don’t like this one bit” or in French “Merde!” Fearing a competitor he sent his man Hugh de Lacy over “go on ya boya” or in French “Alez Garçon” #Trim
