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There have been two creations of the title
Baron Offaly
, both in the
Peerage of Ireland
.
Two earlier medieval creations as
Baron of Offaly
existed for an earlier
FitzGerald
, who owned land in
County Kildare
,
Ireland
,
[1]
[2]
including what was then "Offelan", a word that derived from the
Irish
Ui Faelain
and not from what is now
County Offaly
.
[3]
The original grant of the lordship of Offelan was in 1175 to
Maurice FitzGerald
, one of
Strongbow's
main supporters.
[4]
In 1538?50 the title was recreated for
Brian O'Connor Faly
, who was based in neighbouring
County Offaly
.
[5]
The first modern creation by
Queen Mary I
was for
Gerald FitzGerald
on 13 May 1554, who was also created
Earl of Kildare
at the same time and later restored to the senior earldom of Kildare (forfeit by his half-brother,
Thomas
) in 1569. The title (as well as the second creation of the earldom), became extinct in 1599 when the 13th earl's branch of the family became extinct and the senior earldom passed to his cousin,
Gerald
.
The second creation of the title was for
Lettice Digby
on 29 July 1620. She was the daughter of
Gerald FitzGerald, Lord Offally
(1559?1580; the eldest son of the 11th earl, who predeceased his father) and the wife of
Sir Robert Digby
. Her eldest son,
Robert
, was created
Baron Digby
on the same day. The patent of the barony stipulated that it was not to pass to Lord Digby, but instead to the head of the House of Kildare, who, at the time of Baroness Offaly's death in 1658, was
George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare
. The 20th earl was later created
Duke of Leinster
in 1766 and the dukedom and barony remain united.
FitzGerald Barons of Offaly
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for further Barons of Offaly, see
Duke of Leinster
O'Conor Faly Barons of Offaly
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- Brian O'Connor Faly
(1525?1556) (In Irish,
Brian mac Cathaoir O Conchobhair Failghe
) attainted in 1550
Barons Offaly, first creation (1554?1599)
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Barons Offaly, second creation (1620?present)
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for further Barons Offaly, see
Duke of Leinster
See also
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References
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Cokayne, George Edward
, ed. (1895).
Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (N to R)
. Vol. 6 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 113
. Retrieved
27 December
2011
.
- ^
Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1890).
Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (D to F)
. Vol. 3 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 358
. Retrieved
27 December
2011
.
- ^
Note on earlier barony and "Offelan"
by
Goddard Henry Orpen
. Offelan was also sometimes spelt Ophelan. The Ui Faelain were a branch of the former Gaelic-era
Leinster dynasty
- ^
Journal of the Co. Kildare Archaeological Soc, 1893, p.186
Online version here
- ^
"Note on the O Conor Faly barony (published in 1914)"
. Archived from
the original
on 7 June 2010
. Retrieved
27 May
2010
.
- ^
Lundy, Darryl.
"p. 15487 § 154864"
. The Peerage.
[
unreliable source
]
- ^
Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1892).
Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant (G to K)
. Vol. 4 (1st ed.). London: George Bell & Sons. p. 368.
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