Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly

Gerald FitzMaurice (c. 1150–1204), first Lord of Offaly, was a Cambro-Norman nobleman and second son of Maurice FitzGerald. He came to Ireland in the Norman invasion of 1169–71 and distinguished himself fighting outside Dublin in 1171.

He built Maynooth Castle and campaigned in the conquest of Limerick in 1197. Through his marriage to Eve de Bermingham around 1193 he acquired the barony of Offaly. He died on 15 January 1204, leaving a son Maurice, ancestor of the Kildare earls.