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  KERRY - Online Information article about KERRY
Kerry suffered frequently from invasions of the Danes in the 9th and loth centuries, until they were finally overthrown at the See also:
Gros, received from this MacCarthy a large portion of the county round Lixnaw.
In 1579–1580 attempts were made by the Spaniards to invade Ireland, landing at Limerick harbour, near Dingle, and a fortress was erected here, but was destroyed by the English in 1580.
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  Baron de Ros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Baron de Ros (pronounced "Roose") is the most ancient baronial title in the Peerage of England.
However, whenever a woman holds the title, the holder of the next-highest barony held by a man is known as the Premier Baron.
The title was originally held by the de Ros family until the death of the eleventh Baron in 1508, when it was inherited by his nephew, Sir George Manners.
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 The Territories of the Ancient Irish Families in Cork and Kerry, the Ancient Desmond
Besides the earls of Clancare, the MacCarthys were also created at various periods barons of Valentia, earls of Clancarty, earls of Muskerry, and earls of Mount Cashel; and, had several strong castles in various parts of Cork and Kerry.
There are still in the counties of Cork and Kerry many highly respectable families of the MacCarthys; and several of the name have been distinguished commanders in the Irish Brigades in the service of France and Spain.
Down to the last century, the mountains of Cork and Kerry were covered with ancient forests of oak, ash, pine, alder, birch, hazel, and yews of immense size; and afforded retreats to wolves and numerous herds of red deer.
www.libraryireland.com /Pedigrees1/Desmond.php   (2641 words)

  
 Station Information - Baron de Ros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The title of Baron de Ros is the most ancient baronial title in the Peerage of England.
The only older peerage titles in the British Isles are: Baron Kerry and Lixnaw (1181), Baron Offaly (1199) and Earl of Sutherland (1230).
Barons de Ros and Earls of Rutland (1525)
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Fitzgerald, barons of Desies and earls of Desmond; Talbot, earls of Shrewsbury, in England, and earls of Waterford.
Leger, barons of Kilmeden; Villier and Stuart, barons of Desies; and Keane, barons Keane of Cappoquin.
Ward, barons of Bangor, Needham, earls of Kilmorey, and viscounts of Newry and Mourne.
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 Part of Ireland Accommodation Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Lixnaw is located in the heart of the North Kerry plain.
The town was improved by Nicholas, the third Baron of Lixnaw in 1320.
At the village are ruins of an old church and the remains of an ancient castellated mansion of the Earls of Kerry.
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 Baron de Ros Definition / Baron de Ros Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The title of Baron de Ros (pronounced "Roose") is the most ancient baronial title in the Peerage of EnglandThe Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707.
The only older peerage titles in the British Isles are: Baron Kerry and LixnawThe title Earl of Kerry was created in 1723 for Thomas Fitzmaurice, the holder of the ancient Irish barony of Kerry, which was created in the thirteenth century.
Baron de Ros is the most ancient baronial title in the Peerage of England.
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 A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis
KERRY, a maritime county of the province of MUNSTER, bounded on the east by the counties of Limerick and Cork, on the north by the estuary of the Shannon (which separates it from Clare), on the west by the Atlantic, and on the south by the same ocean and the county of Cork.
Kerry is the most western county of Ireland, and the fourth in extent; it is surpassed by many in fertility.
Kerry gives the inferior titles of Baron and Earl to the Marquess of Lansdowne, who also enjoys the tit.es of Viscount Clanmaurice and Baron of Lixnaw and Dunkerron, in the peerage of Ireland, all derived from districts in this county.
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 Marquess of Lansdowne. Who is Marquess of Lansdowne? What is Marquess of Lansdowne? Where is Marquess of Lansdowne? ...
The title of Marquess of Lansdowne was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1784 for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, the former Prime Minister.
The Marquess holds the subsidiary titles of Earl of Wycombe (1784), Earl of Kerry (1723), Earl of Shelburne (1753), Viscount Calne and Calstone (1784), Viscount Clanmaurice (1723), Viscount Fitzmaurice (1751), Baron Wycombe of Chipping Wycombe (1760), Baron Kerry and Lixnaw (1172), Baron Kerry (1260), Baron Lixnaw (1555), and Baron Dunkeron (1751).
The subsidiary titles are all in the Peerage of Ireland, except for Earl of Wycombe, Viscount Calne and Calstone and Baron Wycombe of Chipping Wycombe in the Peerage of Great Britain.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Marquess_of_Lansdowne   (184 words)

  
 HEREDITARY PEERAGES IN THE PEERAGE OF IRELAND BELOW THE RANK OF A MARQUESS
15 Earldom of Kerry 17 January 1722(The Earldom is held by the GB Marquess of Lansdowne).
29 Viscountcy of Clanmaurice 17 January 1722(The Viscountcy belongs to the Earldom of Kerry is held by the GB Marquess of Lansdowne).
Lordship of Ringrone 1172(The titular Lordship is held by Baron Kingsale).
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 Roper Memorials
On the whole the second Baron’s monument is distinguished by an absence of florid display and by a dignified restraint, unusual at its date as it is pleasing.
The fourth Baron Teynham died on 23rd October 1673, and was buried at Lynsted.
With Henry, the eleventh Baron Teynham, son of the tenth Baron, by his first wife, the final rupture with the religious traditions of the family was consummated.
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 thePeerage.com - John Bermingham and others
She married, secondly, John Bourke, 2nd Lord Bourke, Baron of Brittas, son of Theobald Bourke, 1st Lord Bourke, Baron of Brittas and Margaret de Burgh, before 1654.
He was the son of Patrick FitzMaurice, 15th Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw and Jane Roche.
She married Walter Bellew, 2nd Baron Bellew of Duleek, son of Sir John Bellew, 1st Baron Bellew of Duleek and Mary Bermingham, in September 1686.
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 Irish Lords of Kerry
Baron Kerry) was a result of four generations of intermarriage with the Irish, I think of him and his successors (until the 19
Thomas (1st Baron Kerry) founded the Franciscan Monastery at Ardfert (near Tralee) in A.D. The Monastery is sometimes called the Grey Franciscan Friary of Ardfert and is sometimes referred to as an Abbey.
Baron) was the Baron of Kerry in 1535 when Henry VIII of England left the Catholic Church, organized his own church, and initiated the persecution of Catholics that continued for more than 300 years.
www.fitzmaurice.info /irish.html   (4802 words)

  
 Baron de Ros -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The title of Baron de Ros (pronounced "Roose") is the most ancient baronial title in the (Click link for more info and facts about Peerage of England) Peerage of England.
The title was originally held by the de Ros family until the death of the eleventh Baron in 1508, when it was inherited by his nephew, (Click link for more info and facts about Sir George Manners) Sir George Manners.
His son, (The Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes) Thomas, inherited the barony and was later created (Click link for more info and facts about Earl of Rutland) Earl of Rutland.
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 Research Notes: William Morton Family Notes
Thus we know that John FitzGerald, 12th Knight of Kerry, successfully petitioned the House of Commons in 1665 for the return of property which he had held near Dingle and in the baronies of Clanmaurice, Iraghticonnor, Trughanacmy and Magunihy and which had been vested in the crown under the Act of Settlement.
It may have been William who was the Knight of Kerry said to have built Minard Castle circa 1551, on the south shore of the Dingle peninsula, Co. Kerry.
Perhaps John was the builder of Rahinnane Castle, a castle built by the Knight of Kerry in the parish of Ventry, Dingle peninsula.
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 The Kerryman Newspaper - County Kerry, Ireland
THE Kerry v Dublin All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Thurles on Saturday, August 4 is to be all-ticket.
KERRY football manager, Paidi O SE, is to be profiled on TG4 next Monday evening at 11.20.
THE Kerry senior hurling team shows four changes in personnel and a number of positional switches for the All-Ireland intermediate championship semi-final against Carlow at Nenagh on Saturday (throw-in 2pm).
www.unison.ie /kerryman/index.php3?ca=37&issue_id=4984   (386 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
The title was originally held by the de Ros family until the death of the eleventh Baron in 1508, when it was inherited by his nephew, George Manners, 12th Baron de Ros Sir George Manners.
Upon Georgiana Maxwell's death, it was inherited by Peter Maxwell, 28th Baron de Ros Peter Maxwell, the first man to hold the title in over three-quarters of a century.
1572-1591) *William Cecil, 17th Baron de Ros (1590-1618) *Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland Francis Manners, 18th Baron de Ros (1578-1632) *Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham, 19th Baroness de Ros (d.
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 Irish Writers - Thomas D'Arcy McGee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When the title of Earl of Tyrone was revived, it was in favour of the son of the Baron, the celebrated Hugh O'Neil, the ally of Spain, and the most formidable antagonist of Queen Elizabeth.
Sir James, son of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald of Kerry, commonly called James Fitz-Maurice, cousin-germain to the imprisoned noblemen, was chosen leader of the insurrection.
Their first camp, and, so to speak, the nursery of their army, was among the inaccessible mountains of Slievelogher in Kerry, where the rudiments of discipline were daily inculcated.
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 Trankebar - "Den Gyldne Løve" af B. Mac Mahon
The nub of the scandal was the extent of the involvement of certain members of the Kerry gentry in plotting, directing and sharing the spoils of the robbery.
One of the leading magistrates was Sir Maurice Crosbie of Ardfert, M.P. for County Kerry, 1st Baron Brandon, head of the Crosbie clan and nephew of Thomas of Ballyheigue.
The Earl of Kerry, Thomas Fitzmaurice, Col. Arthur Denny and Col. Samuel Morris of Ballybeggan (father of Richard) were of the belief that those known to have been leaders in the robbery should be apprehended and charged.
www.trankebar.net /history/golden-lion/goldlion.htm   (10733 words)

  
 Baron de Ros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The only older peerage titles in the British Isles are: Baron Kerry and Lixnaw (1181), Baron Offaly (1199), and Baron Kingsale (circa 1223) in the Peerage of Ireland, and Earl of Mar (predates 1115) and Earl ofSutherland (1230) in the Peerage of Scotland.
However, whenever a woman holds the title, theholder of the next-highest barony held by a man is known as the Premier Baron.
The title was originally held by the de Ros family until the death of the eleventh Baron in 1508, when it was inherited by hisnephew, Sir George Manners.
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 Gun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
mar Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry and had issue.
Jane Gun, mar Rev. Edward Maynard Denny and had issue.
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 baron of Dungannon - Question.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
O'Neill, Hugh, 3rd Baron of Dungannon and 2nd Earl of Tyrone* O'Neill, Hugh, 3rd Baron of Dungannon and 2nd Earl of Tyrone (1540?-1616), Irish national hero...
Henry VIII's nomination of Con's illegitimate son, Matthew, as baron of Dungannon and heir to...
Born 1550, son of Matthew O'Neill, Baron of Dungannon.
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 FITZMAURICE : English Peers : Kerry, Shelburne, Lansdowne
William, the 20th Baron, marks a turning point in the genetic and cultural heritage of the Barons of Kerry.
Henry, the Baron of Kerry during the genocide of the 1840's, was probably 15/16 English.
William, the 20th Baron, fought on the English side at the Battle of the Boyne (1 Jul 1690) and in France.
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 :::: Clan Cleary - FitzMaurice Pedigree::::
obert FitzMaurice, son of Maurice FitzGerald held lands in Tipperkevin County Kildare, from the Archbishop of Dublin, John Comyn, and also had a grant of lands around Lixnaw, Co. Kerry, where he built the castle of Molahiffe.
aurice Fitz Thomas, 1st Lord of Kerry, created in 1295, who married Ellen fitz Elias, daughter of William fitz Elias, whose dowry was Listowel, and accompanied King Edward I to Scotland in 1297 to fight in his wars there, and died in 1306 leaving a son,
2a Maurice FitzMaurice, 3rd Lord Kerry, was captured by Maurice, 1st Earl of Desmond, and sentenced to death, and was starved in prison at Castle Island, Co Kerry, in 1339.
www.clancleary.com /html/fitzmaurice.htm   (313 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Earl of Kerry
The title Earl of Kerry was created in 1723 for Thomas Fitzmaurice, the holder of the ancient Irish barony of Kerry, which was created in the thirteenth century.
Thomas Fitzmaurice, 21st Baron Kerry (1668-1741) (became Earl of Kerry in 1723)
Francis Thomas Fitzmaurice, 3rd Earl of Kerry (1740-1818)
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Baron_Kerry_and_Lixnaw   (251 words)

  
 Abbeys
Following the Dissolution, Edmund, lord Kerry, was granted Abbeydorney, and other monasteries, and was created Baron of Odorney and Viscount of Kilmaule.
Although the monastic land became secularised, the monks themselves were not dispersed.
In fact the abbot of Abbeydorney remained active for forty years after the initial closures took place and was stopped only in 1577 when he was shot at Lixnaw Castle.
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 history notes
Thomas Fitz Maurice, Baron of Kerry and Lixnawe, assigns to William Magner, of Castlemagner, Co. Cork, gent, his right to a grant from the King of the lands recited in viii.
The premises are created the manor of Castlemagner, with 200 acres country measure in demesne; power to create tenures; to hold courts leet and baron, and to enjoy all waifs and strays.
To hold for ever, as of the castle of Dublin, in common soccage, unless it be found that the premises or any part of them were held by knight’s service.
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 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 103   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thomas of Kerry and Lixnaw, Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw17 fitzMaurice, b.
Thomas of Sudeley, Baron Seymour of Sudeley Seymour, b.
Thomas, Baron of Umfreville 2, MP de Umfreville, b.
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk /genealogy/royal/gedFx103.html   (602 words)

  
 The Kerryman Newspaper - County Kerry, Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
KERRY SENIORS SUMMER TOUR: After a hugely successful Millennium summer, our tour is beginning to wind itself down.
Heavy underfoot conditions tested even the fittest of the runners and Kerry had to contend with very stiff opposition from the challenging counties.
THE joy, jubilation and celebration that unfolded amongst the Kerry supporters when referee Brian White blew the final whistle at Croke Park on Saturday, October 7 was an unqualified and unique experience.
www.unison.ie /kerryman/index.php3?ca=37&issue_id=3302   (439 words)

  
 Baron de Ros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Barony was created by writ in 1264; no other English title predates it unless one accepts certain doubtful contentions about the title of Earl of Arundel.
The only older peerage titles in the British Isles are: Baron Kerry and Lixnaw (1181), Baron Offaly (1199), and Baron Kingsale (circa 1223) in the Peerage of Ireland, and Earl of Mar (predates 1115) and Earl of Sutherland (1230) in the Peerage of Scotland.
The Barony may pass to heirs-general rather than just heirs-male, unlike most British titles.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/baron_de_ros_1   (871 words)

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