Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond

Thomas FitzGerald, 2nd Baron Desmond (c. 1261–1298), inherited the title in infancy after his father Maurice FitzJohn and grandfather John FitzThomas were killed at the Battle of Callann in 1261; only after a long minority did he enter his lands in 1282.

Family legend nicknamed him Thomas an-Apa, the ape, after an ape carried the baby along the battlements of Traly monastery and brought him safely back. In 1294 he served as deputy justiciar of Ireland and in 1295 was summoned to Parliament. He died in 1298 and was buried at North Abbey in Youghal.