Fearann Gearaltach

Fearann Gearaltach ('Land of the Geraldines') derives its name from the FitzGerald family, the dominant Anglo-Norman dynasty that established supremacy over much of County Kildare from the 12th century onward. The Fitzgeralds arrived with the Anglo-Norman invasion of 1169; Maurice fitzGerald was granted lands in the cantred of Offelan in Kildare, and his descendants, particularly Gerald fitzMau...