Background
Fitzgerald was the son of John Fitzgerald (died 1720), who had been transplanted from Gurteens, County Kilkenny, to County Mayo in 1653.
Fitzgerald was the son of John Fitzgerald (died 1720), who had been transplanted from Gurteens, County Kilkenny, to County Mayo in 1653.
He was allocated half the estates of Walter Bourke in the parish of Turlough, five miles north of Castlebar. These lands were confirmed to John Fitzgerald in 1677 under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation of 1662 and 1665. John built the family"s first home at Rockfeild, Turlough.
Their children were Thomas, Edmond, and Patrick.
Thomas succeeded to the Turlough estate upon John"s death in 1720.