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Fitzgerald, Sir Thomas Judkin

Fitzgerald, Sir Thomas Judkin - (1754–1810) (‘Flogging Fitzgerald’), high sheriff of Co. Tipperary (1798), was born 5 May 1754, second son of Robert Uniacke-Fitzgerald of Corkbeg, Co. Cork, and his second wife, Frances, daughter of John Judkin of Greenhills, Co. Tipperary. Thomas's…

FitzGerald, Susan

FitzGerald, Susan (1949–2013), actor, was born on 28 May 1949 in Leicester, to Irish parents Emily FitzGerald (née Irwin) and William FitzGerald, a general practitioner. She was the eldest of six children, with three brothers and two sisters. The FitzGeralds were a well-connected family…

Fitzgerald, Thomas

Fitzgerald, Thomas (1454–1534), 12th earl of Desmond , was third son of Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 8th earl, and his wife Ellice, daughter of William Barry, 8th Lord Barrymore. In April 1493 he and his older brother…

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz James

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz James (c.1420–1468), 8th earl of Desmond , eldest son of James fitz Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 7th earl, and his wife Mary, daughter of…

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz John

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz John (d. 1328), 2nd earl of Kildare and justiciar of Ireland, was son of John fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 1st earl of Kildare, and Blanche, daughter of John Roche, baron of Fermoy. Initially he was…

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz John

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FitzGerald, Thomas ‘fitz Maurice’

FitzGerald, Thomas ‘fitz Maurice’ (a.1430–1478), 7th earl of Kildare , justiciar, son of John Cam FitzGerald (thus presumably a great-grandson of Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 4th earl of Kildare), emerged…

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz Maurice

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz Maurice (1261–98), lord of Decies and Desmond, deputy justiciar of Ireland, was the only son of Maurice fitz John FitzGerald, the eldest son of John fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv); his mother was Matilda…

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz Thomas

FitzGerald, Thomas fitz Thomas (c.1458–1487), chancellor, was second son of Thomas fitz Maurice FitzGerald (qv), 7th earl of Kildare, and his wife Joan, daughter of…

FitzGerald, (Thomas Joseph) Desmond

FitzGerald, (Thomas Joseph) Desmond (1888–1947), politician and intellectual, was born 13 February 1888 at 62 Arthingworth Street, West Ham, London, youngest among four sons and two daughters of Patrick Fitzgerald (d. 1908), stonemason from Co. Cork, and Mary Ann (‘Babe’) Fitzgerald (…

FitzGerald, Thomas (‘Silken Thomas’)

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…

FitzGerald, William O'Brien (‘Billy’)

FitzGerald, William O'Brien (‘Billy’) (1906–74), barrister and judge, was born 26 March 1906 in Cork. His mother, Mary Frances Dormon, was married first to William Dwyer, and then, after Dwyer's death, to William FitzGerald who was clerk of the crown and peace in Mallow; the…

Fitzgerald, William Robert

Fitzgerald, William Robert (1749–1804), 2nd duke of Leinster , Volunteer colonel, was born 13 March 1749 in Arlington Place, Piccadilly, London, the second son of nine sons and ten daughters of James Fitzgerald (qv), 20th earl of…

Fitzgerald, William Vesey

Fitzgerald, William Vesey (1783–1843), politician and chancellor of the Irish exchequer, was the second, but eldest surviving, son of James Fitzgerald (qv), prime serjeant, and Catherine Fitzgerald (née Vesey). Educated at Christ…

FitzGibbon, Abraham Coates

FitzGibbon, Abraham Coates (1823–87), railway engineer and antiquary, was born 23 January 1823 at Mount Eagle, Kilworth, Co. Cork, second son of Lt Philip FitzGibbon, RN, and Elizabeth FitzGibbon (née Coates) of Killinure, Co. Wicklow. Educated at the…

Fitzgibbon, Denis (‘Din Joe’)

Fitzgibbon, Denis (‘Din Joe’) (1921–98), businessman and broadcaster, was born in Cork city. He was reared and educated locally in a traditional catholic environment, attending Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He was a noted rugby player for the Dolphin club and for Munster.…

FitzGibbon, Edmond fitzJohn

FitzGibbon, Edmond fitzJohn (c.1552–1608), the ‘White Knight’, was second son of John Oge FitzGerald (FitzGibbon) (d. 1569) and Ellen, daughter of Patrick Condon, lord of Condons. Edmond's father, who had taken part in the rebellion of…

Fitzgibbon, Edward

Fitzgibbon, Edward (1803–57), journalist known as ‘Ephemera’, was born in August 1803 in Limerick, son of a land agent; nothing else is known of his family. On the death of his father (1817) he went to London, aged 14, and two years later was articled to a surgeon. Within two…

Fitzgibbon, Gerald

Fitzgibbon, Gerald (1793–1882), lawyer and political writer, was born at Glin, Co. Limerick, on either 1 January or 31 December 1793 (the sources differ), fourth son of Garret or Gerald FitzGibbon, a farmer and weaver who left the catholic for the established church, and his wife…

Fitzgibbon, Gerald

Fitzgibbon, Gerald (1837–1909), judge, was born 28 August 1837 in Dublin, the eldest child of the two sons and a daughter of Gerald Fitzgibbon (qv), judge, and his wife, Ellen (née Patterson), who came from Belfast. He was educated…

Fitzgibbon, John

Fitzgibbon, John (1708?–1780), barrister and politician, was born probably in 1708, the first of the four sons of Thomas Fitzgibbon of Ballyseeda, Co. Limerick, and his wife, Honor, a daughter of William Hayes of Cahirguillamore, Co. Limerick. Thomas Fitzgibbon, whose father,…

FitzGibbon, John

FitzGibbon, John (1748–1802), 1st earl of Clare , lawyer and politician, was born in Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, one of seven children of John Fitzgibbon (qv), a barrister and MP who had converted from catholicism, and his wife Elinor,…

Fitzgibbon, John

Fitzgibbon, John (1849–1919), nationalist politician and land agitator, was born 10 August 1849 in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, second child and eldest son of five sons and one daughter of Henry Fitzgibbon (d. 1881), draper, and his wife Elizabeth (née O'Connor; d. 1896), daughter of a…

Fitzgibbon, John Charles Henry

Fitzgibbon, John Charles Henry (1829–54?), Viscount Fitzgibbon and soldier, was born 2 May 1829 at Mountshannon House, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, the only legitimate son of Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, 3rd earl of Clare, and his wife Diana, daughter of Charles Brydges Woodcock,…

Fitzgibbon (Macgibbon), Maurice

Fitzgibbon (Macgibbon), Maurice (d. 1578), archbishop of Cashel and catholic envoy to Spain, was the illegitimate son of a member of the powerful Fitzgerald dynasty of Munster. He joined the Cistercian order, becoming abbot of the monastery of St Mary de Magio at Monasternenagh,…