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This article concerns the Gaelic nobility of Ireland from ancient to modern times. It only partly overlaps with Chiefs of the Name because it excludes Scotland and other discussion. It is one of three groups of Irish nobility , the others being those nobles descended from the Hiberno-Normans and those granted titles of nobility in the Peerage ...
In the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Constitution precludes the State from conferring titles of nobility, and prevents citizens from accepting titles of nobility or honour – except with the prior approval of the government. [1] Existing holders of aristocratic titles continue to use them, but they are not recognised by the Irish government.
William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster. A modest number of titles in the peerage of Ireland date from the Middle Ages.Before 1801, Irish peers had the right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, on the abolition of which by the Union effective in 1801 by an Act of 1800 they elected a small proportion – twenty-eight Irish representative peers – of their number (and elected replacements as ...
This is an incomplete index of the current and historical principal family seats of clans, peers and landed gentry families in Ireland. Most of the houses belonged to the Old English and Anglo-Irish aristocracy, and many of those located in the present Republic of Ireland were abandoned, sold or destroyed following the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War of the early 1920s.
Irish nobility stubs (2 C, 70 P) Pages in category "Irish nobility" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Irish chiefs of the name (51 P) Pages in category "Gaelic nobility of Ireland" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The girl’s name Fiadh (Fee-ah) is perhaps “the biggest Irish name of the 21st century,” says Ó Séaghdha. It was the second most popular girl’s name in Ireland in 2023, after Grace.
Name and Title Created Arms Notes Simon Mackay, Baron Tanlaw: 1971: the senior life peer James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern: 1979: Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox: 1983: Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom: 1984: Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson: 1985: Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue: 1985 Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden: 1985