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See also:DESMOND (See also:Des-Mumha) , an See also:ancient territorial See also:division of See also:Ireland, covering the eastern See also:part of the See also:modern Co. See also:Kerry and the western part of Co. See also:Cork. Its creation as a See also:kingdom is placed in the See also:year 248, when Oliol Olum, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Munster, divided his territory between his two sons, giving Desmond to Eoghan, and See also:Thomond or See also:North Munster to Cormac. In 1329 See also:Maurice Fitzthomas or See also:Fitzgerald (d. 1356), See also:lord of Decies and Desmond, was created 1st See also:earl of Desmond by See also:Edward III.; like other earls created about that See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he ruled his territory as a See also:palatinate, and his See also:family acquired enormous See also:powers and a large measure of See also:independence. Meanwhile native See also:kings continued to reign in a restricted territory until 1596. In 1583 came the See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of Gerald Fitzgerald, 15th earl of Desmond (q.v.), and in 1586 an See also:act of See also:parliament declared the See also:forfeiture of the Desmond estates to the See also:crown. In 1571 a See also:commission provided for the formation of
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Desmond into a See also:county, and. it was regarded as such for a few years, but by the beginning of the 17th See also:century it was joined to Co. Kerry.
In 1619 the See also:title of earl of Desmond was conferred on See also:Richard See also:Preston, Lord See also:Dingwall, at whose See also:death in 1628 it again became See also:extinct. It was then bestowed on See also:George Feilding, second son of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, earl of See also:Denbigh, who had held the reversion of the earldom from 1622. His son William Feilding succeeded as earl of Denbigh in 1675, and thenceforward the title of Desmond was held in See also:conjunction with that See also:honour.
End of Article: DESMOND (Des-Mumha)
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