Marriage and Family
In 1911 FitzGerald married Mabel Washington McConnell (1884–?), a daughter of John McConnell, a whiskey salesman from Belfast, and granddaughter of a Presbyterian farmer near the city. Educated at Queens University Belfast, she shared an interest in the Irish language and met Desmond in Dublin at a language seminar. They lived in France until moving to Kerry in March 1913. During this period he became involved with the Imagist group of poets. They had four children Desmond (1912–1987), Pierce (1914–1986), Fergus (1920–1983) and Garret (1926–2011).
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