succeeded as the 14th Earl John (died 1581), was killed near Castlelyon during the Second Desmond Rebellion Maurice, predeceased his father and died childless —and five daughters: Honora, married Donald McCarthy, 1st Earl of Clancare Margaret, married Thomas Fitzmaurice, 16th Baron Kerry Eleanor (Ellis), married John, "More", Lord Poer of Curraghmore Joan, married first John, Lord Barry, secondly Sir Donal O'Brien, and thirdly Sir Piers Butler of Cahir. Ellis, married James, Viscount Buttevant. More died in 1548. Third and fourth marriages Thirdly Desmond married Catherine Butler, second daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond, and widow of Richard Power, 4th Baron Power, of Curraghmore. She died at Askeaton on 17 March 1553. Fourthly and last Desmond married Evelyn MacCarthy Mor, daughter of Donal MacCormac MacCarthy Mor, by whom he had a son, Sir James-Sussex FitzGerald who died in 1580, and a daughter, Elinor who married Sir Brian O'Rourke. Death and timeline In the summer of 1558 Desmond became sick and died at Askeaton on Thursday, 14 October. He was buried in the nearby Franciscan Friary on 1 November. Half a century after Desmond's death, the chroniclers of the Annals of Four Masters observed: "The loss of this good man was woful to his country; for there was no need to watch cattle or close doors from Dun-caoin, in Kerry, to the green-bordered meeting of the three waters, on the confines of the province of Eochaidh, the son of Lachta and Leinster." Ancestry Notes and references Notes Citations Sources – N to R (for Power) – Dacre to Dysart (for Desmond) – (for timeline) – Viscounts – 1501 to 1588 – Correspondence between the governments of England and Ireland 1515 to 1538 1558 deaths 16th-century Irish people Earls of Desmond (1329 creation) James Normans in Ireland People of the Tudor period People from County Cork Year of birth missing