The speed of light and other EMR predicted by Maxwell's equations did not appear unless the equations were modified in a way first suggested by FitzGerald and Lorentz ( see history of special relativity ), or else otherwise it would depend on the speed of observer relative to the " medium " ( called luminiferous aether ) which supposedly " carried " the electromagnetic wave ( in a manner analogous to the way air carries sound waves ).

In 1578, to further the plans of exiled English and Irish Catholics such as Nicholas Sanders, William Allen, and James Fitzmaurice FitzGerald, Gregory outfitted adventurer Thomas Stukeley with a ship and an army of 800 men to land in Ireland to aid in the hope for overthrow of Elizabeth's rule through the Catholic leader and former leader of the first Desmond rebellion, Fitzmaurice.

In the November 2, 2010 election, Lakewood mayor Ed FitzGerald defeated Matt Dolan to become the first Cuyahoga County executive.

When it was first built in 1745 – 48 by James FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, it was located on the unfashionable and isolated south side of the city, far from the main locations of aristocratic residences, namely Rutland Square ( now Parnell Square ) and Mountjoy Square.

The first use of attainder was in 1321 against both Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester and his son Hugh Despenser the Younger, Earl of Gloucester ( they were both attained, not for opposing the King, but for supporting the King ) and the last in 1798 against Lord Edward FitzGerald for leading the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

He was the son of Desmond FitzGerald, the first Minister for External Affairs of the nascent Irish state following independence from the United Kingdom in 1922.

Two fundamental problems faced FitzGerald during his first period: Northern Ireland and the worsening economic situation.

In 2009, FitzGerald received a new ministerial car, the first and only one to be purchased by the state since an economic recession hit the country in 2008.

Doyle was first elected as a Fine Gael TD to Dáil Éireann at the November 1982 general election, where his party constituency colleague was party leader ( and after the election Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald ).

* Lady Charlotte Mary Gertrude FitzGerald ( 1758 – 1836 ), married Joseph Strutt and was made first Baroness Rayleigh.

According to Thomas Moore, Lord Edward FitzGerald was the only one of the numerous suitors of Sheridan's first wife, Elizabeth Ann Linley whose attentions were received with favour ; and it is certain that, whatever may have been its limits, a warm mutual affection subsisted between the two.

On his first day in the Dáil he was appointed Minister for Agriculture by the Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, becoming one of only five TD's so appointed.

The first recorded ascent was in 1897 on a British expedition led by Edward FitzGerald.

He is Fine Gael's first Taoiseach since John Bruton from 1994 to 1997, and the first Fine Gael leader to win government in an election since Garret FitzGerald in 1982.

Kenny was left out in the cold when Garret FitzGerald became Taoiseach for the first time in 1981 and again in 1982.

Shane's mother Lady Alice Fitzgerald, Tyrone's first wife, was the daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, and his stepmother was the daughter of Hugh Boy O ' Neill of Clanaboy.

His first wife was Lady Alice Fitzgerald, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare.

He was also credited by Lorentz ( 1895 ) with the first published description of the length contraction hypothesis, in 1893, though in fact Lodge's friend George Francis FitzGerald had first suggested the idea in print in 1889.

John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond, of Shanid, County Limerick, Lord of Connelloe and Decies, married ( first ) Margery, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Anthony, Lord of Decies and Desmond.

* Edward FitzGerald ( mountaineer ), leader of first group to climb Aconcagua

Thomas's son, John FitzThomas FitzGerald, became the first Baron Desmond upon receiving, for his homage and service, a grant in 1259 of the lands of Decies and Desmond from Prince Edward of England.

The title Earl of Desmond was first created for Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Baron Desmond in approximately 1329.

In the interview Lenihan confirmed what he had previously confirmed to other writers over eight years, that on 27 January 1982 he, along with party leader Charles Haughey and a colleague, Sylvester Barrett, had repeatedly phoned Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland, to try to put pressure on the President, Patrick Hillery, to refuse a dissolution of parliament to the Taoiseach ( prime minister ), Dr Garret FitzGerald.

John Fitz-Thomas FitzGerald, by virtue of his royal seigniory as a Count Palatine, created three of his sons by the second marriage, knights ; and their descendants have been so styled in acts of parliament, patents under the great seal, and all legal proceedings, up to the present ( 1910 ) time.

Following the Land Conference of December 1902 arranged by George Wyndham ( a conservative minister and Chief Secretary for Ireland, but also descended from Lord Edward FitzGerald ), the revolutionary Wyndham Land ( Purchase ) Act 1903 was orchestrated through parliament by William O ' Brien MP, which provided government finance to buy out freeholds, with the former tenant farmers paying back the capital over 68 years.

One famous member of the family who occasionally resided in Leinster House was Lord Edward FitzGerald, who became involved with Irish nationalism during the 1798 Rebellion, which cost him his life.

Chairman of AIB at the time, Peter Sutherland, was also a former director of GPA and had served as Attorney General under FitzGerald, prior to FitzGerald appointing him as Ireland's member of the European Commission.

As a fellow member of the Ascendancy class, the Government were anxious to make an exception for FitzGerald, and also avoid the embarrassing and dangerous consequences of his subversive activities, communicating their willingness to spare him from the normal fate meted out to " traitors ".

FitzGerald is a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and also a Trustee of the Leverhulme Trust.

FitzGerald is also a member of the Advisory Board of Spencer Stuart and a Senior Adviser to Allen & Co.

* 16 June-Alexis FitzGerald, Snr, solicitor, Fine Gael Seanad member ( born 1916 ).

* 9 April-Desmond FitzGerald, Sinn Féin MP, TD, Cabinet Minister and Seanad Éireann member ( born 1888 ).

* 4 September-Alexis FitzGerald, Snr, solicitor, Fine Gael Seanad member ( died 1985 ).

* 13 February — Desmond FitzGerald, Sinn Féin MP, TD, Cabinet Minister and Seanad Éireann member ( died 1947 ).

However, they were stopped when a member of the FitzGerald family brought a large painting of Lord Edward FitzGerald to the door and pointed out that they would be burning the house of a revered Irish patriot.

* Lee FitzGerald: A staff member at Promises Treatment Centers.

FitzGerald, a poet and fiction writer himself, was the first faculty member to teach a creative writing course.

* James FitzMaurice FitzGerald, member of the 16th century ruling Geraldine dynasty

Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald ( March 17, 1890 – August 7, 1956 ) was a Winnipeg-based Canadian painter, and member of the Group of Seven.

Notably all three of the following belong to the Welsh-Norman FitzGerald dynasty, created by the Earls of Desmond, acting as Earls Palatine, for their kinsmen.

Fine Gael, having gambled that former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald would run as its candidate ( even though he had insisted for two years that he would not run for office ) then approached another senior figure, Peter Barry, who had previously been willing to run but had run out of patience and was no longer interested.

Some critics informally refer to the FitzGerald's English versions as " The Rubaiyat of FitzOmar ", a nickname that both recognizes the liberties FitzGerald inflicted on his purported source and also credits FitzGerald for the considerable portion of the " translation " that is his own creation.

But the manuscript was never produced, and British experts in Persian literature were easily able to prove that the translation was in fact based on Edward Heron Allen's analysis of possible sources for FitzGerald ’ s work.

By the 1990s, Hauer was as well known for his humorous appearances in Guinness commercials as for his screen roles, which had increasingly involved low-budget films, including Split Second, which was set in a flooded London after global warming ; Omega Doom, another post-apocalyptic story in which he plays a soldier-robot ; and New World Disorder, opposite Tara FitzGerald.

There was Norman influence from the 14th century, due to adventuring of the FitzGerald, de Clare and Butler houses, two of whom carved out earldoms within the Lordship of Ireland, the Earls of Desmond eventually becoming independent potentates, for a time the greatest in Ireland, while the Earls of Ormond remained closer to England.

He remained on as a TD until 1969 when he retired from politics, being succeeded by Garret FitzGerald as Fine Gael TD for Dublin South – East.

Since this was a loss of supply, FitzGerald travelled to Áras an Uachtaráin to ask for a parliamentary dissolution.

Under Article 13. 2. 2., if Hillery refused FitzGerald's request for a dissolution, FitzGerald would have had to resign.

FitzGerald called a general election for February 1987.

To the surprise of many, he appointed Richie Ryan rather than Garret FitzGerald as his Minister for Finance when the Labour Party leader, Brendan Corish, declined the position in 1973.

FitzGerald was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1969 general election, for the Dublin South – East constituency, the same year he obtained his PhD for a thesis later published under the title " Planning in Ireland ".

FitzGerald hoped that he would take over as Minister for Finance, particularly after a good performance in a pre-election debate with the actual Minister for Finance, George Colley.

However the position went to Richie Ryan, with FitzGerald becoming Minister for Foreign Affairs.

When he got there, he was informed that a series of telephone calls had been made by senior opposition figures ( and some independent TDs ), including Fianna Fáil leader ( and ex-Taoiseach ) Charles Haughey, Brian Lenihan and Sylvester Barrett demanding that the President, as he could constitutionally do where a Taoiseach had ' ceased to retain the support of a majority in Dáil Éireann ', refuse FitzGerald a parliamentary dissolution, forcing his resignation as Taoiseach and enabling the Dáil to nominate someone else for the post.