Desmond

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Desmond [ˈdɛzmənd]

(Biographies / Desmond, 15th Earl of (death date: 1583) M, Anglo-Irish, POLITICS: rebel leader) 15th Earl of, title of Gerald Fitzgerald. died 1583, Anglo- Irish nobleman, who led a Catholic rebellion (1579) against English domination of Ireland

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