Wills 1840a, p. 452. "James, the 11th Earl of Desmond" Wills, Rev. James (1840a). "James, 11th Earl of Desmond". Lives of illustrious and distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period. Vol. I. Dublin: MacGregor, Polson & Co. pp. 452–453.
Fryde et al. 1986, p. 361, line 30. "Toirdhealbagh mac Mathghamhna Ó Briain (Theodoricus Thaddaeus) / prov. [provided] 19 Sept. 1483 / a. [ante] August 1526" Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. ISBN0-86193-106-8. – (for timeline)
Wills 1840a, p. 453. "He [James FitzGerald] was succeeded in the earldom by an uncle, who had been his enemy." Wills, Rev. James (1840a). "James, 11th Earl of Desmond". Lives of illustrious and distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period. Vol. I. Dublin: MacGregor, Polson & Co. pp. 452–453.
Bagwell 1885, p. 325. "There was such a tendency to depress the Ormonde interest that the widowed countess thought it wise to go to London, where she pleaded her own cause with much success."
Bagwell 1885, p. 339. "She claimed the right to keep gallowglasses in Kilkenny, and the Lord Deputy infinitely disliked this practice, which had prevailed for centuries."
Bagwell 1885, p. 346. "Her marriage took place in the end with beneficial results: for Lady Ormonde was able to keep some sort of peace between her husband and her son, and thus saved much misery and bloodshed."
Wills 1840b, p. 11. "Gerald 16th Earl of Desmond" Wills, Rev. James (1840b). "Gerald Sixteenth Earl of Desmond". Lives of illustrious and distinguished Irishmen, from the earliest times to the present period. Vol. II. Dublin: MacGregor, Polson & Co. pp. 11–40.
Fryde et al. 1986, p. 167, line 42. "1536, 23 Feb / - / Leonard, Lord Grey, L.D. [Lord Deputy] (left Ireland Apr. 1540, exec. 28 July 1541)" Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, No. 2 (3rd ed.). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society. ISBN0-86193-106-8. – (for timeline)
Beresford 2009b, only paragraph, last sentence. "... from his marriage to the daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain (d. 1525), bishop of Killaloe ..." Beresford, David (October 2009b). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "FitzGerald, James fitz Maurice". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
McCormack 2009c, 1st paragraph. "In September 1520, at the battle of Mourne, co. Cork, Cormac [Muskerry] assisting Thomas fitz Thomas [the Bald] in his bid for the earldom of Desmond, helped to inflict a heavy defeat on James fitz Maurice, now the 11th earl." McCormack, Anthony M. (October 2009c). "MacCarthy (Mac Carthaigh), Cormac Óg Láidir". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
McCormack 2009b, 1st paragraph. "... in December Thomas, again with the help of Cormac Óg Láidir, joined with Piers Butler, earl of Ossory, in besieging him in Dungarvan, co. Waterford." McCormack, Anthony M. (October 2009b). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "FitzGerald, Thomas". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 5 December 2021. – "The bald", earl of Desmond
Beresford 2009a, only paragraph, 3rd-last sentence. "The purpose of this political marriage was to prevent the dowager countess marrying Gerald Fitzgerald, heir of the earl of Desmond." Beresford, David (October 2009a). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "Bryan, Francis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
McCormack 2009a, 1st paragraph, 1st sentence. "Fitzgerald, Gerald fitz James (c.1530–1583), 15th earl of Desmond and reluctant rebel leader ..." McCormack, Anthony M. (October 2009a). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "FitzGerald, Gerald fitz James". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
McCormack 2009a, 3rd paragraph, 8th sentence. "Negotiations continued with senior officials, however, and it was not until November 1563 that he was able to return to Ireland." McCormack, Anthony M. (October 2009a). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "FitzGerald, Gerald fitz James". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
McCormack 2009a, 3rd paragraph. "The following year the conflict seemed set for a dramatic climax when the two earls gathered their forces, each reputed to have been approximately 5,000 men, near Tipperary town. A bloody battle was prevented by the timely intervention of Gerald's wife, who was also Ormond's mother ..." McCormack, Anthony M. (October 2009a). McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). "FitzGerald, Gerald fitz James". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 4 August 2021.