After 1363 the barony was held of the Earl of Kildare.

April 5 4th Earl of Kildare granted livery of his lands.

Dublin, was a connection of the Earl of Kildare.

He inherited the title of Earl of Kildare in 1478.

In 1558 he served on a commission to inquire into the lands of the Earl of Kildare.

Ireland's senior peer, the Earl of Kildare, had a seat in the Lords.

But what Joan was really hoping for was a chance to see, at close quarters, the Earl of Kildare himself.

When the Earl of Kildare arrived in London, he had been courteously received.

It wasn't long before news came back that the Earl of Kildare was still alive.

The first Earl of Kildare had been created in 1316.