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Thomas FitzGerald was granted land in West Limerick and built his first Norman castle at nearby Shanid around 1200. ‘Shanid Abu’ translated means ‘Shanid forever’ and was always the Desmond Geraldines war cry.
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In May 1779 Colonel John’s father, Thomas FitzGerald, whose...
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Glin Castle is a Georgian country house and national heritage site located along the River Shannon in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland. The castle has belonged to the FitzMaurice/FitzGerald family for over 700 years and was the seat of the Knights of Glin.
Mar 17, 2021 · Catherine FitzGerald and her husband Dominic West have rescued her family home, Glin Castle in Ireland, from being sold, and made it into a viable commercial concern.
The Knights of Glin are a branch of the great Norman family, the Fitzgeralds or Geraldines, Earls of Desmond who were granted extensive lands in County Limerick in the early 14th. century by their Desmond overlords.
In May 1779 Colonel John’s father, Thomas FitzGerald, whose portrait in a blue coat is on the left of the dining room door, wrote to Edmund Sexton Pery the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons to warn him that a French naval invasion was expected off the coast.
Oct 14, 2020 · For the July 2015 issue, Tatler travelled to the wild, romantic shores of Ireland to visit Dominic West and his wife Catherine FitzGerald at their home, her family seat, Glin Castle.
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Catherine Celinda Leopoldine FitzGerald, formerly Catherine Lambton, Viscountess Lambton, (born 18 May 1971) is an Irish landscape designer and gardener. She and her husband, Dominic West, also operate her ancestral home, Glin Castle, as a small hotel and event venue.
