House of Desmond
For more on the Desmond Geraldines, see Earl of Desmond.
The line of the Earls of Desmond has been extinct since the 17th century. Their branch of the dynasty continues only in their distant collateral kinsmen, Ireland's hereditary knights (for whom see section below).
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