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'''Saint Lawrence O'Toole''' (Irish: ''Lorcán Ua Tuathail''; c. 1128 – 14 November 1180), also known as '''Saint Laurence O'Toole''', was the first Irish-born Archbishop of [[Dublin]] and a prominent monastic reformer during the 12th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Lawrence O'Toole |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=365 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to historical records from the ''Annals of Ireland'' and contemporary chronicles, born into the Ua Tuathail (O'Toole) sept in Castledermot, County Kildare, Lawrence was given as a hostage at age 10 to King Dermot MacMurrough, who placed him in the Augustinian monastery at Glendalough for education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Lawrence O'Toole |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09091b.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> He rose to abbot of Glendalough by 1162, known for his asceticism and charity, before his election as Dublin's archbishop that same year, where he mediated between Irish kings and Norman invaders, including at the Synod of Cashel (1172).
'''Saint Lawrence O'Toole''' (Irish: ''Lorcán Ua Tuathail''; c. 1128 – 14 November 1180), also known as '''Saint Laurence O'Toole''', was the first Irish-born Archbishop of [[Dublin]] and a prominent monastic reformer during the 12th-century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Lawrence O'Toole |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=365 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> According to historical records from the ''Annals of Ireland'' and contemporary chronicles, born into the Ua Tuathail (O'Toole) sept in Castledermot, County Kildare, Lawrence was given as a hostage at age 10 to King Dermot MacMurrough, who placed him in the Augustinian monastery at Glendalough for education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Lawrence O'Toole |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09091b.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-07}}</ref> He rose to abbot of Glendalough by 1162, known for his asceticism and charity, before his election as Dublin's archbishop that same year, where he mediated between Irish kings and Norman invaders, including at the Synod of Cashel (1172).