of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, and had six sons, viz.: Brian, who married a daughter of Hugh Mac Shane O'Byrne; Tirrelagh, who married a sister of Robert Browne of Mulrankan, in the barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford, whose tragic fate is narrated in Holinshed; Crean, Moriertagh, Art, and Dermot, who for his good and faithful services was, on 18 March 1555, appointed tanist to the chieftaincy of the clan. Cahir Mac Art Caomhánach is an interesting figure in Irish history as the founder of an estate which, notwithstanding the vicissitudes of land tenure in Ireland, still remains in the possession of his lineal descendants. References Attribution Year of birth unknown 1554 deaths 16th-century Irish monarchs MacMorrough Kavanagh dynasty People from County Wexford People from County Laois Ballyann, Cahir mac Art Kavanagh, Baron of Peers of Ireland created by Mary I