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Garret FitzGerald Irish politician and 8th Taoiseach (Prime Minister)

Garret Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish economist, barrister, lecturer, public intellectual and Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987, Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, Leader of the Opposition from 1977 to 1981 and March 1982 to December 1982 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1977. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1992. He was a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 1965 to 1969.

Duke of Leinster Highest-ranking noble title in the Peerage of Ireland

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John or Jack Fitzgerald, or variants, may refer to:

Edward Fitzgerald or FitzGerald may refer to:

Earl of Desmond

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Desmond FitzGerald (politician) Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and politician

Thomas Joseph FitzGerald was an Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1927 to 1932, Minister for External Affairs from 1922 to 1927, Minister for Publicity from 1921 to 1922 and Director of Publicity from 1919 to 1921. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1918 to 1943. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 1938 to 1943. He served as a Member of Parliament for Dublin Pembroke from 1918 to 1922.

Tom Fitzgerald or Thomas Fitzgerald, Thomas FitzGerald may refer to:

FitzGerald dynasty Cambro-Norman, later Hiberno-Norman dynasty, holding power in Ireland over centuries

The FitzGerald / FitzMaurice dynasty is a Cambro-Norman and Anglo-Norman, and later Hiberno-Norman, aristocratic and royal dynasty. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the Four Masters as being "more Irish than the Irish themselves" or Galls, due to assimilation with the native Gaelic aristocratic and popular culture. The dynasty has also been referred to as the Geraldines. They achieved power through the conquest of large swathes of Irish territory by the sons and grandsons of Gerald of Windsor. Gerald of Windsor was a Norman castellan in Wales, and he is the male progenitor of the FitzMaurice and FitzGerald dynasty.

James FitzGerald or James Fitzgerald may refer to:

Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, is a British musician and a member of the band, 'Pearl,TN'. He is better known as Ned Lambton.

Dermot FitzGerald was a leading Irish businessman and philanthropist. A descendant of the aristocratic Earls of Desmond, FitzGerald was born in Limerick, Ireland to a southern Irish Protestant family. His father, Gerald FitzGerald, was a bank manager. He attended Wesley College, a prestigious Dublin school run by his maternal uncle Gerald Myles. Upon graduating he joined a host of notable alumni such as playwright George Bernard Shaw and Chaim Herzog, the sixth President of Israel.

Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster, styled Earl of Offaly before 1976 and Marquess of Kildare between 1976 and 2004, is an Irish nobleman and landscape designer.

Gerald "Ger" FitzGerald played bass for Setanta Records band Catchers. In 1999, he was hired as general manager of Stratosphere sound, a recording studio founded by James Iha, Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase. During this period, FitzGerald also ran Scratchie Records, Iha and Schlesinger's boutique record label, overseeing releases by artists such as The Frogs and Dan Bryk.

Events from the year 1843 in Ireland.

Paddy FitzGerald is an Irish former sportsperson. He was born in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland, and played hurling with his local club Midleton. He was a member of the Cork senior inter-county team from 1958 until 1967. His son, Ger FitzGerald, won All-Ireland medals with Cork in 1986 and 1990.

Events from the year 1534 in Ireland.

Ger FitzGerald is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-forward for the Cork senior team.

Edward FitzGerald (poet) Fitzgerald, Edward (1809-1883), poet and translator

Edward FitzGerald was an English poet and writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The writing of his name as both FitzGerald and Fitzgerald is seen. The use here of FitzGerald conforms to that of his own publications, anthologies such as Quiller-Couch's Oxford Book of English Verse, and most reference books up until about the 1960s.

Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare Irish peer and Lord Deputy of Ireland

Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare KG, known variously as "Garret the Great" or "The Great Earl", was Ireland's premier peer. He served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1477 to 1494, and from 1496 onwards. His power was so great that he was called "the uncrowned King of Ireland".

The 1992 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was contested by Limerick and Cork, and took place on 5 July 1992 at the Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Cork captained by Ger FitzGerald won the game by 1-22 to 3-11.