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Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond

c. 1338–1398 · 14th century · Also known as Gearóid Iarla

Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond, known in Irish as Gearóid Iarla, was a Hiberno-Norman lord who served as Justiciar of Ireland from 1367. He is best known as a poet in the Irish language, whose courtly love poems are among the earliest of their kind in Irish. Legend says he did not die but sleeps beneath Lough Gur in County Limerick.

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