The chief governor was the senior official in the Dublin Castle administration , which maintained English and British rule in Ireland from the 1170s to 1922. The chief governor was the viceroy of the English monarch (and later the British monarch ) and presided over the Privy Council of Ireland . In some periods he was in effective charge of the administration, subject only to the monarch in England; in others he was a figurehead and power was wielded by others.
26-653: Viscount Gage , of Castle Island in the County of Kerry of the Kingdom of Ireland , is a title in the Peerage of Ireland . It was created in 1720 for Thomas Gage , along with the subsidiary title of Baron Gage , of Castlebar in the County of Mayo , also in the Peerage of Ireland. In 1744 he also succeeded his cousin as eighth Baronet, of Firle Place . The titles remain united. The Gage family descends from John Gage , who
52-610: A favoured English noble. Latterly, such resident deputies were called Lord Justices . Statute Law Revision Acts passed in the 1890s trimmed formulas such as "the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland" from older acts of parliament , standardising to "the Lord Lieutenant". In Norman Ireland as in England, a chief justiciar combined executive and judicial functions. The judicial office of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland later separated from that of
78-720: A gunfight in the town. A vagrant juvenile bald eagle was captured near Castleisland in November 1987, exhausted after reputedly flying across the Atlantic Ocean from North America . Castleisland is in the east of County Kerry, 16 km east of Tralee and 19 km north of Killarney . The town is close to the County Limerick border and to the County Cork border, and the main road in western and southern Kerry passes through here. The N21 road from
104-535: Is a town and commercial centre in County Kerry in south west Ireland . The town is known for the width of its main street. As of the 2022 census , Castleisland had a population of 2,536. Castleisland was described by one of its citizens, journalist Con Houlihan , as "not so much a town as a street between two fields". Castleisland was the centre of Desmond power in Kerry. The village got its name, 'Castle of
130-583: The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship in 1985, beating St. Vincents of Dublin in the final. The club were also the winner of the 2010 series of RTÉ reality television show Celebrity Bainisteoir , while managed by singer Derek Burke of Crystal Swing . Castleisland A.F.C. are the town's representatives in the Kerry District League in soccer. Castleisland Rugby Football Club U16s
156-649: The National Roads Authority , construction of the new road started in May 2009. The project involved creating two major new sections of road and one smaller section. It consists of a 3.4 km dual carriageway linking the Limerick road roundabout north of Castleisland to the Tralee road west of the town, and a 1.6 km single carriageway continuing south from the roundabout on the Tralee road to meet
182-456: The Peerage of Great Britain , with remainder to heirs male, and in 1790 he was made Baron Gage , of High Meadow in the County of Gloucester, also in the Peerage of Great Britain, with remainder to his nephew and heir presumptive Henry, the eldest son of his younger brother, the aforementioned Sir Thomas Gage. On Lord Gage's death in 1791, the barony of 1780 became extinct while he was succeeded in
208-805: The Earl of Kildare (later 1st Duke of Leinster ) was one of the Lords Justices and hoped to be made sole Lord Deputy, but was rebuffed. After the Acts of Union 1800 , the Parliament was abolished and political administration was done by the Chief Secretary for Ireland . The role of Lord Lieutenant (or Viceroy ) was ceremonial and there were calls for it to be abolished. He resided in the Viceregal Lodge throughout his term, but no Irishman
234-644: The Island of Kerry', from a castle built in 1226 by Geoffrey Maurice (or de Marisco). Maurice had been the Lord Justice of Ireland during the reign of King Henry III . The island was created by turning the waters of the River Maine into a moat around the castle. Sometime in the 120 years after its construction, the castle was taken by the forces of the Fitzgerald dynasty . It is known that in 1345
260-459: The Killarney road roundabout southwest of the town. At the Limerick road end, there is also a 0.4 km section of single carriageway that links the newly constructed Limerick road roundabout to the pre-existing N21 Limerick road. On 22 October 2010, the bypass was officially opened by the then Minister for Defence , Tony Killeen . Castleisland Desmonds is the local GAA club. They won
286-676: The Lord Deputy had regional deputies in the Lord President of Munster and Lord President of Connaught . From the Williamite Wars till the Constitution of 1782 , the Lord Lieutenant was a British noble who came to Ireland only every two years, when Parliament was in session; his main role was to steer legislation through Parliament. Three ex-officio Lords Justices deputised in the Lord Lieutenant's absences. In 1757
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#1732781079580312-500: The baronetcy, he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Gage and Viscount Gage . His second son was the military commander the Hon. Thomas Gage . Lord Gage was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Viscount. He represented Seaford in the House of Commons and served for many years as Paymaster of Pensions . In 1780 he was created Baron Gage , of Firle in the County of Sussex, in
338-611: The barony of 1790, the baronetcy and the Irish titles by his nephew Henry, the third Viscount. He was a Major-General in the Army. As of 2010 the titles are held by his great-great-great-grandson, the eighth Viscount, who succeeded his elder brother in 1993. The family seat is Firle Place , near Firle , East Sussex . The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Henry William Gage (born 1975). Castle Island (County Kerry) Castleisland ( Irish : Oileán Ciarraí )
364-419: The castle was being held for Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond by Sir Eustace de la Poer and other knights when it was captured by Sir Raoul d'Ufford , Chief governor of Ireland . Sir Eustace and the other knights were captured and executed. Little is known of the further history of the castle and few ruins are left of it today. The main ruin is the de Marisco tower, located behind some private houses at
390-625: The chief governor. In the fifteenth century, chief governors, especially the Earls of Kildare , began taking initiatives in the Parliament of Ireland contrary to the wishes of the English court. This prompted the passing of Poynings' Law in 1495 to make Irish laws subject to amendment and veto by the Privy Council of England . From 1569 to 1672, much of the land was under martial law and
416-558: The city of Limerick continues on to Tralee while the N22 road goes to Killarney and other towns in southern Kerry. The Glanaruddery Mountains to the north and the Stack's Mountains to the west define the beginning of the Vale of Tralee, at the mouth of which Castleisland is situated. Most of the land around Castleisland is pasture for dairy stock, with bogland located at various locations around
442-407: The public, is located just outside Castleisland. Castleisland railway station opened on 30 August 1875. It closed for passenger traffic on 24 February 1947 and for goods traffic on 3 November 1975, finally closing altogether on 10 January 1977. Since the 1990s, traffic congestion had been an issue for Castleisland, as the main road linking most of County Kerry to Limerick and Dublin passed through
468-410: The temporary title custos or keeper. Sometimes individuals with different titles served simultaneously, in which case the order of precedence was: lieutenant 🢡 justiciar 🢡 custos 🢡 deputy (lieutenant) 🢡 deputy justiciar. The title "Deputy", and later "Lord Deputy", was originally applied to the resident deputy of a non-resident king's lieutenant, when the latter title was an honour bestowed on
494-500: The town of Bannalec in France on 14 August 2007. Chief governor of Ireland "Chief governor" is an umbrella term favoured by eighteenth-century historians Walter Harris and John Lodge and subsequently used by many historians and statutes. It was occasionally used before then. Chief governors were appointed under various titles, the most common of which were: Less common titles include procurator and gubernator , and
520-544: The town, particularly to the east and south. It is in the barony of Trughanacmy . There are several buildings of note in Castleisland, including the Gothic-styled Church of St. Stephen and St. John which was designed by Doolin and built in 1880. The town's Carnegie Trust Library building was designed by R.M. Butler for Tralee District Council. A tender by James O'Connor, Castleisland, for £1,451.4s.7d.
546-439: The town. As a result, the main street through Castleisland dealt not only with local traffic, but also traffic destined for Tralee and Killarney. This resulted in traffic congestion in Castleisland, with delays of over half an hour possible at peak times. Ultimately, the local community decided that action was needed and, ahead of the 2007 Irish general election , a formal lobbying campaign was started. With funding allocated by
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#1732781079580572-671: The western end of the town, on the Killarney Road. The Black and Tans and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) were active in Castleisland during the Irish War of Independence in the 1920s. On 8 May 1921, two Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) men were shot by the IRA while leaving Castleisland Parish Church; one of the men died. Two months later, on 10 July 1921, three IRA men and four British soldiers were killed during
598-501: Was accepted, subject to the approval of the architect. It was completed by 1915. The library was burnt down in 1920, and replaced by the present structure in 1929 and is located at the eastern end of Castleisland's main street. The function of the town library was moved to new premises in 2008, but the original building is still used as the district court for the area. Crag Cave , one of the most extensive cave systems in Ireland open to
624-531: Was appointed till Viscount FitzAlan in the office's final year. During the Irish War of Independence , Lord French attempted to maintain a more activist role, but was rebuffed. The Government of Ireland Act 1920 created Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland but retained a single Lord Lieutenant for both. When the Irish Free State replaced Southern Ireland in December 1922, the Lord Lieutenant
650-488: Was created a baronet, of Firle Place in the County of Sussex, in the Baronetage of England on 26 March 1622. His great-grandson, the seventh Baronet, represented Seaford in Parliament. He was succeeded by his first cousin, Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage , the eighth Baronet. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Minehead and Tewkesbury and also served as Governor of Barbados . In 1720, 24 years before succeeding in
676-425: Was the second rugby club in Kerry, under all age groups, to win a Munster League title in 2008. An Ríocht Athletics Club, established in 1973, is located at Crageens in Castleisland. Its facilities include a 400-metre tartan athletics track and a soccer pitch. A gym, Barracks Gym, was established in 2018 on Barrack Street in Castleisland. St Marys is the local basketball club. Castleisland became twinned with
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