The title of Earl of Munster was created twice - first in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789 as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Clarence, and then, after that title merged with the crown upon the accession of William IV in 1830, in 1831 for the King's illegitimate son. This creation became extinct in 2000 following the death of the 7th Earl.
The Earls of Munster of the second creation bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Fitzclarence (1831) and Baron Tewkesbury (1831).
For 658, Faelan, chief of Osraighe, was slain by the Leinstermen.
For 666, Bran Finn, son of Maelochtraigh, chief of the Deisi of Munster, was slain.
For 1224, A monastery was erected by Maurice Fitzgerald, from whom the Fitzgeralds of Kildare and Desmond are descended, at Youghal, in the diocese of Cloyne, in Munster, for Franciscan friary.
The title of Earl of Munster was created twice — first in the Peerage of Ireland in 1789 as a subsidiary title of the Duke of Clarence, and then, after that title merged with the crown upon the accession of William IV in 1830, in 1831 for the King's illegitimate son.
This creation became extinct in 2000 following the death of the 7th Earl.
The Earls of Munster of the second creation bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Fitzclarence (1831) and Baron Tewkesbury (1831).
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