Illustration from manuscripts of
Topographia Hibernica and Expugnatio Hibernica
(The Topography of Ireland & The Conquest of Ireland)
written in 1187 and 1189
by Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales)
National Library of Ireland Ms. 700

Maurice FitzGerald

Illustration from the right margin of page 235 (Expugnatio Hibernica)

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Source: National Library of Ireland Ms. 700

Maurice FitzGerald was the half-brother of Robert FitzStephen, and took part in the initial Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169. He was subsequently granted lands at Naas in North Leinster (modern-day County Kildare) and was the progenitor of the twin FitzGerald dynasties of Kildare and Desmond.


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