Earls of Carlingford
- Theobald Taaffe 1st Earl of Carlingford (d. 1677)
- Nicholas Taaffe, 2nd Earl of Carlingford (d. 2 July 1690, at the Battle of the Boyne).
- Francis Taaffe 3rd Earl of Carlingford (1639–1704), an Austrian Field Marshal and Knight of the Golden Fleece
- Theobald Taaffe 4th Earl of Carlingford (d. 24 November 1738); fought against the Turks. With his death the earldom became extinct, however the subsidiary title Viscount Taaffe went to a cousin Nicholas Taaffe.
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