Lyons, Mary Ann

FitzGerald, Gerald (Gearóid Mór) (1456/7–1513), 8th earl of Kildare , magnate and lord deputy, was the eldest of four sons and two daughters, and thus heir, of Thomas fitz Maurice FitzGerald (qv) (d. 1478), 7th earl of…

FitzGerald, Gerald (Gearóid Óg, Garrett McAlison) (1487–1534), 9th earl of Kildare , magnate and lord deputy of Ireland, was the only son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 8th earl of Kildare, lord deputy of Ireland, and his…

FitzGerald, Thomas (‘Silken Thomas’) (1513–37), 10th earl of Kildare , magnate and rebel, was the only son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv) (1487–1534), 9th earl of Kildare, lord deputy of Ireland, and his first…

Nolan, Julian (Julia) (c.1612–1701), Dominican prioress, the daughter of Galway citizens Peter Nolan and Elizabeth Lynch, was probably born in Galway. Nothing is known about her upbringing or education. In 1644 she married a distant relative, Peter Nolan, but a year later…

St Leger, Sir Anthony (1496?–1559), lord deputy of Ireland, was born at Ulcombe in Kent, the eldest of the six sons (there were also at least three daughters) of the landowner Ralph St Leger of Ulcombe and his wife, Elizabeth or Isabel. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Haut or…