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Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare

Index Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare

Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare KG (born –), known variously as "Garret the Great" (Gearóid Mór) or "The Great Earl" (An tIarla Mór), was Ireland's premier peer. [1]

69 relations: Annals of the Four Masters, Annals of Ulster, Archbishop of Cashel, Baron Skryne, Battle of Knockdoe, Battle of Stoke Field, BBC Television, Belfast, Catholic Church, Cave, Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane, Clandeboye, Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone, Connacht, Cork (city), County Kildare, Curragh, Deheubarth, Donal MacCarthy Reagh, Duke of Leinster, Edward IV of England, Eurasian sparrowhawk, European goldfinch, FitzGerald dynasty, Gawn Grainger, Gerald de Windsor, Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, Glens of Antrim, Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor, Henry VII of England, House of York, James de Barry, 4th Viscount Buttevant, James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond, James Ormond (administrator), Kilkea, Lambert Simnel, Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lordship of Ireland, Lydiard Tregoze, Mac Eoin Bissett family, Magic (supernatural), Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond, Maynooth, More Irish than the Irish themselves, Nest ferch Rhys, Normans in Ireland, Nuala O'Faolain, Order of the Garter, ..., Peerage of Ireland, Perkin Warbeck, Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, Pretender, Rhys ap Tewdwr, River Greese, Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany, Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester, Shapeshifting, The Pale, The Shadow of the Tower, Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh, Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare, Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare, Tower of London, Treason, Tyburn, 1456 in Ireland, 1513 in Ireland. Expand index (19 more) »

Annals of the Four Masters

The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland (Annála Ríoghachta Éireann) or the Annals of the Four Masters (Annála na gCeithre Máistrí) are chronicles of medieval Irish history.

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Annals of Ulster

The Annals of Ulster (Annála Uladh) are annals of medieval Ireland.

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Archbishop of Cashel

The Archbishop of Cashel (Ard-Easpag Chaiseal Mumhan) was an archiepiscopal title which took its name after the town of Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland.

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Baron Skryne

Baron Skryne was the title of the holder of an Irish feudal barony: it derived from the parish of Skryne, or Skreen, in County Meath.

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Battle of Knockdoe

The Battle of Knockdoe took place on 19 August 1504 at Knockdoe, in the Parish of Lackagh (Irish Leacach), County Galway, between two Anglo-Irish lords—Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and Ulick Fionn Burke, lord of Clanricarde—along with their respective Irish allies.

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Battle of Stoke Field

The Battle of Stoke Field on 16 June 1487 may be considered the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, since it was the last major engagement between contenders for the throne whose claims derived from descent from the houses of Lancaster and York respectively.

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BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Cave

A cave is a hollow place in the ground, specifically a natural space large enough for a human to enter.

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Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane

Christopher Fleming (bef. 1474–1517) was an Irish nobleman, who was Lord High Treasurer of Ireland from 1514 until his death.

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Clandeboye

Clandeboye (from the Irish Clann Aodha Buí; the family of Hugh with the swarthy appearance), was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day south County Antrim and north County Down.

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Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone

Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone (Conn Bacach mac Cuinn Ó Néill) (c. 1480–1559) was King of Tír Eógain, the largest and most powerful Gaelic lordship in Ireland.

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Connacht

ConnachtPage five of An tOrdú Logainmneacha (Contaetha agus Cúigí) 2003 clearly lists the official spellings of the names of the four provinces of the country with Connacht listed for both languages; when used without the term 'The province of' / 'Cúige'.

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Cork (city)

Cork (from corcach, meaning "marsh") is a city in south-west Ireland, in the province of Munster, which had a population of 125,622 in 2016.

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County Kildare

County Kildare (Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland.

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Curragh

The Curragh (An Currach) is a flat open plain of almost of common land in County Kildare, Ireland, between Newbridge and Kildare.

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Deheubarth

Deheubarth (lit. "Right-hand Part", thus "the South") was a regional name for the realms of south Wales, particularly as opposed to Gwynedd (Latin: Venedotia).

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Donal MacCarthy Reagh

Donal MacCarthy Reagh (Domhnall Mac Carthaigh Riabhach) (1450/1460–1531) was the 9th Prince of Carbery from 1505 to his death in 1531.

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Duke of Leinster

Duke of Leinster is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage.

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Edward IV of England

Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was the King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death.

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Eurasian sparrowhawk

The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

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European goldfinch

The European goldfinch or goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis), is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.

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FitzGerald dynasty

The FitzGerald dynasty (Ríshliocht Mhic Gearailt or Clann Gearailt) is an Irish Hiberno-Norman or Cambro-Norman royal dynasty.

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Gawn Grainger

Gawn Grainger (born 12 October 1937) is a British stage and screen actor, and husband of actress Zoë Wanamaker.

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Gerald de Windsor

Gerald de Windsor (c. 1075–1135), alias Gerald FitzWalter, was the first castellan of Pembroke Castle in Pembrokeshire (formerly part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth), in Wales, and was in charge of the Norman forces in southwest Wales.

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Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare

Gerard FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487 – 12 December 1534), also known in Irish as Gearóid Óg (Young Gerald), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish History.

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Glens of Antrim

The Glens of Antrim, (Placenames Database of Ireland) known locally as simply The Glens, is a region of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor

Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor (1435 – April 1496) was an English nobleman.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was the King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 to his death on 21 April 1509.

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House of York

The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.

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James de Barry, 4th Viscount Buttevant

James de Barry, (1520 - 10 April 1581) 17th Baron Barry and 4th Viscount Buttevant, was the son of Richard de Barry, of Rathbarry in Barry Roe, and Isabel FitzGerald, a daughter of Sir James FitzGerald of Leixlip, who was a son of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare.

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James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond

James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond (d. 1462), called 'the Usurper', was the youngest son of Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond, and Lady Eleanor, daughter of James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond.

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James Ormond (administrator)

Sir James Ormond alias Butler (died 17 July 1497) was the illegitimate son of John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond.

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Kilkea

Kilkea (meaning "church of Cathac"), (pop 92) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, about from Dublin, and from the town of Carlow.

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Lambert Simnel

Lambert Simnel (c. 1477 – c. 1525) was a pretender to the throne of England.

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Lord Deputy of Ireland

The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Lord High Treasurer of Ireland

The Lord High Treasurer of Ireland was the chief financial officer of that kingdom until the treasuries of Great Britain and Ireland were united in 1817 when it was united with the Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain by the Consolidated Fund Act 1816.

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Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 till the Partition of Ireland in 1922.

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Lordship of Ireland

The Lordship of Ireland (Tiarnas na hÉireann), sometimes referred to retroactively as Norman Ireland, was a period of feudal rule in Ireland between 1177 and 1542 under the King of England, styled as Lord of Ireland.

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Lydiard Tregoze

Lydiard Tregoze is a small village and civil parish on the western edge of Swindon in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England.

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Mac Eoin Bissett family

The history of the Bissett family in Ireland can be studied independently from that of the originally identical family in Scotland, because of their unique experience following their arrival in Ulster in the early or mid-13th century.

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Magic (supernatural)

Magic is a category in Western culture into which have been placed various beliefs and practices considered separate from both religion and science.

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Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond

Margaret FitzGerald, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Ossory (c. 1473 – 9 August 1542) was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the powerful and celebrated FitzGerald dynasty also known as "The Geraldines".

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Maynooth

Maynooth (Maigh Nuad) is a university town in north County Kildare, Ireland.

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More Irish than the Irish themselves

"More Irish than the Irish themselves" (Níos Gaelaí ná na Gaeil féin, Hiberniores Hibernis ipsis) is a phrase used in Irish historiography to describe a phenomenon of cultural assimilation in late medieval Norman Ireland.

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Nest ferch Rhys

Nest ferch Rhys (c. 1085 – before 1136) (popularly called Nesta or "Princess Nesta") was the only legitimate daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, last king of Deheubarth in Wales, by his wife, Gwladys ferch Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn of Powys.

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Normans in Ireland

The Normans in Ireland, or Hiberno-Normans, were a group of Normans who invaded the various realms of Gaelic Ireland.

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Nuala O'Faolain

Nuala O'Faolain (1 March 19409 May 2008) was an Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and writer.

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Order of the Garter

The Order of the Garter (formally the Most Noble Order of the Garter) is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III in 1348 and regarded as the most prestigious British order of chivalry (though in precedence inferior to the military Victoria Cross and George Cross) in England and the United Kingdom.

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Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Perkin Warbeck

Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne.

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Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond

Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, 1st Earl of Ossory (1467 – 26 August, 1539) also known as (Irish Piers Ruadh) Red Piers, was from the Polestown branch of the Butler family of Ireland.

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Pretender

A pretender is one who is able to maintain a claim that they are entitled to a position of honour or rank, which may be occupied by an incumbent (usually more recognised), or whose powers may currently be exercised by another person or authority.

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Rhys ap Tewdwr

Rhys ap Tewdwr (before 1065 – 1093) was a king of Deheubarth in Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great.

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River Greese

The River Greese (also spelled Griese) is a small, fast-flowing river in south-east, Ireland, and a tributary of the River Barrow.

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Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron of Dunsany

Robert Plunkett, 5th Baron Dunsany (died 1559) was an Anglo-Irish nobleman of the Tudor period.

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Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester

Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester (c. 1430 – 19 December 1496) was an Irish peer, statesman and judge.

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Shapeshifting

In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability of a being or creature to completely transform its physical form or shape.

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The Pale

The Pale (An Pháil in Irish) or the English Pale (An Pháil Shasanach or An Ghalltacht) was the part of Ireland that was directly under the control of the English government in the late Middle Ages.

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The Shadow of the Tower

The Shadow of the Tower is a historical drama that was broadcast on BBC2 in 1972.

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Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh

Sir Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh (c.1458-1487) was the younger son of the 7th Earl of Kildare.

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Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare

Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare (1513 – 3 February, 1537), also known as Silken Thomas, was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish history.

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Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare

Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (– 25 March 1477), was an Irish peer and statesman of the fifteenth century who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London.

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Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's nation or sovereign.

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Tyburn

Tyburn was a village in the county of Middlesex close to the current location of Marble Arch and the southern end of Edgware Road in present-day London.

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1456 in Ireland

Events from the year 1456 in Ireland.

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1513 in Ireland

Events from the year 1513 in Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_FitzGerald,_8th_Earl_of_Kildare

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