Just thouht I would pass this along re White Knight & Fitzgeralds Edmund FitzGibbon >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Edmund Fitzgibbon) Jump to: navigation, search Edmund Fitzgibbon (1552?-1608) was an Irish nobleman of the Fitzgerald dynasty, who inherited the Anglo-Norman title of the White Knight and struggled to maintain his loyalty to the crown during the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England. The rest of the information is at the following link: Pretty interesting. (By the way - I have some interest in the East Clare Fitzgeralds. Did any of your Fitzgeralds go to Connecticut? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Fitzgibbon Thank you, Mary -----Original Message----- From: sm8carberry@comcast.net To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 9:34 AM Subject: [CLARE] Re: Thanks for Fitzgerald data Thank you, Nicola - that will definitely add to my knowledge of Fitzgerald in Clare. You know, 1627 is not a bad year as a starting point for your family history. The Donnellan chart which I have from the Genealogical Office (Dublin) goes back into the 1500s but I have to take it as truth, without a way to confirm the details back that far. Sharon C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nicola jennings" <darcy5@eircom.net> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 6:20 AM Subject: Re: [CLARE] Re: Thanks for Fitzgerald data > Hi Sharon, > As a descendant of the Carrigoran FitzGeralds buried in Kilnasoolagh I have > to tell you that another descendant is at present trying to connect the > Carrigoran Fitzgeralds with the Knight of Glin but hasn't yet succeeded in > doing so. (She is convinced that there is a connection and that she will > find it...) > Many many years ago a gentleman by the name of Eoghan O'Mahony who was an > expert in the family history of just about everybody in Ireland told my > mother (Geraldine FitzGerald) on a radio prgramme produced by Radio > Eireann called Meet the Clans that the Carrigoran Fitzgeralds were descended > from the White Knight, a senior branch but no longer in existence. There > was also another branch, the Knight of Kerry. I have no idea who is right. > My personal brick wall is Edward FitzGerald of Rineanna (born about 1627). > Nicola. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sharon Carberry <sm8carberry@comcast.net> > To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: [CLARE] Re: Thanks for Fitzgerald data > > > > Thanks, Rob. These ones appear to be highly-placed > > in society, which brings up the thought that to progress > > with Fitzgerald in East Clare, there needs to be an > > assessment of how the East Clare ones might relate to > > the ultimate Fitzgerald in the area, the Knight of Glin. > > The more pieces of the puzzle that are found, the better. > > > > Sharon Carberry > > Georgia > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rob Singleton" <ry.sing@xtra.co.nz> > > To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:59 PM > > Subject: [CLARE] Re: HELP - Margaret Hillary and David Fitzgerald > > > > > > > Hi Sharon & Julie > > > > > > > > > > > > The list of Fitzgerald's as from Kilnasoolagh Churchyard Internments > > > > > .... > > > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > > If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word > subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com > or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.

Mary, I am not actively researching Fitzgerald (yet) so I cannot reflect on whether any of the East Clare ones went to CT. That's a possibility. Sharon Carberry formerly CT, now GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <marymmccawjr@aol.com> To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] [CLARE] Re: Fitzgerald data and the White Knight > Just thouht I would pass this along re White Knight & Fitzgeralds > > Edmund FitzGibbon > >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia > (Redirected from Edmund Fitzgibbon) > Jump to: navigation, search > Edmund Fitzgibbon (1552?-1608) was an Irish nobleman of the Fitzgerald dynasty, who inherited the Anglo-Norman title of the White Knight and struggled to maintain his loyalty to the crown during the reign of Queen Elizabeth of England. > > The rest of the information is at the following link: Pretty interesting. (By the way - I have some interest in the East Clare Fitzgeralds. Did any of your Fitzgeralds go to Connecticut? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Fitzgibbon > > Thank you, > Mary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sm8carberry@comcast.net > To: IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 9:34 AM > Subject: [CLARE] Re: Thanks for Fitzgerald data > > > Thank you, Nicola - that will definitely add to my > knowledge of Fitzgerald in Clare. You know, 1627 > is not a bad year as a starting point for your family > history. The Donnellan chart which I have from the > Genealogical Office (Dublin) goes back into the > 1500s but I have to take it as truth, without a way to > confirm the details back that far. > > Sharon C. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nicola jennings" <darcy5@eircom.net> > To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 6:20 AM > Subject: Re: [CLARE] Re: Thanks for Fitzgerald data > > > > Hi Sharon, > > As a descendant of the Carrigoran FitzGeralds buried in Kilnasoolagh I > have > > to tell you that another descendant is at present trying to connect the > > Carrigoran Fitzgeralds with the Knight of Glin but hasn't yet succeeded in > > doing so. (She is convinced that there is a connection and that she will > > find it...) > > Many many years ago a gentleman by the name of Eoghan O'Mahony who was an > > expert in the family history of just about everybody in Ireland told my > > mother (Geraldine FitzGerald) on a radio prgramme produced by Radio > > Eireann called Meet the Clans that the Carrigoran Fitzgeralds were > descended > > from the White Knight, a senior branch but no longer in existence. There > > was also another branch, the Knight of Kerry. I have no idea who is right. > > My personal brick wall is Edward FitzGerald of Rineanna (born about 1627). > > Nicola. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Sharon Carberry <sm8carberry@comcast.net> > > To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:22 AM > > Subject: [CLARE] Re: Thanks for Fitzgerald data > > > > > > > Thanks, Rob. These ones appear to be highly-placed > > > in society, which brings up the thought that to progress > > > with Fitzgerald in East Clare, there needs to be an > > > assessment of how the East Clare ones might relate to > > > the ultimate Fitzgerald in the area, the Knight of Glin. > > > The more pieces of the puzzle that are found, the better. > > > > > > Sharon Carberry > > > Georgia > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Rob Singleton" <ry.sing@xtra.co.nz> > > > To: <IRL-CLARE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:59 PM > > > Subject: [CLARE] Re: HELP - Margaret Hillary and David Fitzgerald > > > > > > > > > > Hi Sharon & Julie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The list of Fitzgerald's as from Kilnasoolagh Churchyard Internments > > > > > > > .... > > > > > > > > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > > > If you just want to subscribe to this list or unsubscribe from it, send > > e-mail to IRL-CLARE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > or (for the digest list) IRL-CLARE-D-request@rootsweb.com and put the > word > > subscribe or unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > > > ============================== > > > View and search Historical Newspapers. 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