Today we have a photograph of Barbara Villiers from the Glin Papers. Barbara’s sister Veronica was married to Desmond Windham Otho FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin.
The Knights of Glin are a Geraldine family whose title can be traced back to Sir John FitzJohn or Seán Mór na Sursainge who lived c.1260, and whose grandfather, Maurice FitzThomas had been granted the barony of Shanid, near Glin. John FitzJohn had established much authority in west Limerick, having built castles at Glin and Beagh in 1260. In 1299, he was holding half a tuath in Glancarbery which corresponds to the present parish of Kilfergus or Glin.
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