County Desmond was an historic county of Ireland on the south-western coast of Ireland. It was partitioned between County Cork and County Kerry in 1606. The island of Ireland has 32 counties, with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland being nicknamed respectively the six counties and the twenty-six counties. ... County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... County Kerry (Irish: Contae Chiarraí) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, informally referred to as The Kingdom. ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill Premier Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near...

Desmond is a Gaelic name originating from "Deas-Mumhan" which means Southern Munster, and was reflected in other areas - Thomond "Tuaidh-mhuman" (Northern Munster), Ormond "Oir-Mumhan" (East Munster) and Iarmond "Iarmumhan" (West Munster). The term "Desmond" was used after the 14th century to refer to the territory of the Gaelic Irish MacCarthy Mor chieftains, who claimed to be the Kings of Munster and to the lands of the Earl of Desmond. The MacCarthy Mor lordship was located to the south and west of Cork city. County Desmond refers to the territory of the Earls, which stretched from the Dingle peninsula in the west to Cashel in the east, north of the MacCarthy lands. The last credibly MacCarthy Mor claimant was Florence MacCarthy 1560-1640, but after his arrest in 1601, the MacCarthy Desmond lordship was dismembered and distributed to English settlers and minor Irish landowners. The title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the English-controlled Peerage of Ireland. ... Dingle Peninsula as viewed from Banna Strand The Dingle Peninsula (Irish: Corca Dhuibhne) is located in County Kerry and is the most westerly point of the Republic of Ireland. ... Cashel (Irish: An Caisleán) is a town in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, located south of the midlands of Ireland. ... Finian MacDonagh MacCarthy, known to the English as Florence MacCarthy, was born in 1560 the son of Donagh, the chief of the MacCarthy Reagh clan. ...

After the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, the title and holdings of "Earl of Desmond" were awarded to Maurice FitzGerald in 1329. This family was popular with the native Irish people and was noted for "becoming more Irish than the Irish themselves". The Fitzgeralds resisted the intrusion into their territory by English officials during the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland, who they perceived as favouring the rival Butler family. This led to the Desmond Rebellions of 1569-73 and 1579-83. The peerage ended in 1583 with Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond, who was killed and his family disinherited for their role in the Rebellions. the title was unsuccessfully claimed during the Nine Years War (Ireland) 1594-1603 by the English backed James Fitzgerald (Tower Earl of Desmond) and the rebel supported James FitThomas Fitzgerald, who was referred to by his detractors as the Sugán or "Straw Rope" Earl. The Earldom was revived again in 1675 as an award to the then Earl of Denbigh. It has passed on through this line to the present day. Norman Keep, Trim Castle - before renovation A tower house near Quin. ... The title of Earl of Desmond has been held historically by lords in Ireland, first as a title outside of the peerage system and later as part of the English-controlled Peerage of Ireland. ... More Irish than the Irish themselves was a phrase used in the Middle Ages to describe the phenomenon whereby foreigners who came to Ireland attached to invasion forces tended to be subsumed into Irish social and cultural society, adopted the Irish language, Irish culture, style of dress and a wholesale... The Tudor re-conquest of Ireland took place under the English Tudor dynasty during the 16th century. ... The Desmond Rebellions occurred in the 1560s, 1570s and 1580s in Munster in southern Ireland. ... Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th Earl of Desmond (c. ... The Nine Years War in Ireland took place from 1594 to 1603 and is also known as Tyrones Rebellion. ... James Fitzgerald (1570? - 1601), an Irish nobleman, was the successor of Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Desmond. ... The title of Earl of Denbigh was created in the Peerage of England in 1622 for William Feilding, Viscount Feilding. ...