Maurice FitzGerald , 2nd Baron of Offaly 
Maurice was born about 1190 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland (Justiciar of Ireland). Maurice's father was Gerald FitzMaurice , 1st Baron of Offaly and his mother was Eve de Birmingham , Heiress of Offaly. He was an only child. He died in 1257 in As a Friar at Franciscan Friary at Youghal, Ireland.General Notes
Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Baron of Offaly, called "an Brathair" (the friar); b c1190; knighted 1217; Justiciar of Ireland 1232-45; took part in the subjugation of Connaught 1235, where he acquired manors and built castles in Sligo, Banada and Ardcree, Co Sligo, at Lough Mask, Co Mayo and Ardrahan and Kilcolgan, Co Galway; Commissioner of Treasury and Council of Ireland 1250; founded the Franciscan Friary at Youghal and Dominican Friary at Sligo and took vows as a friar before his death; married allegedly Juliane, and died 1257. [Burke's Peerage]
They had two sons named Maurice "Mael" and Thomas.
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Children
Maurice "Mael" FitzMaurice , Lord of Offaly
Maurice "Mael" was born about 1238 in Offaly, Kildare, Ireland. He died before November 10th, 1286 in Ross, Wexford, Ireland.
Thomas FitzGerald , Sir
Thomas was born in 1240 in Banada, Sligo, Ireland. He died at the age of 31 in 1271 in Ballyloughmask, Mayo, Ireland.
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