Talk:Katherine FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond

User:Proteus reverted my revert on the matter of countess v. Lady Desmond. I've reverted again (no reply from Proteus), but simply substituted Fitzgerald. No animus on this - but all the history books refer to countess, and while Lady Desmond may be correct from an English peerage point of view, I've chosen to neutralise the issue for the sake of substantial improvements that otherwise would have been lost.--shtove 01:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

The figures don't add up
Well, they don't. We have down the bottom a claim from Walter Raleigh that she married between 1461 & 1483. Yet up the top we claim that she was married in 1529. The second figure makes an awful lot more sense, but is unsourced... It makes the 90 year old daughter exceptionally unlikely, but then, she was already. So yes, this article contradicts itself and doesn't acknowldge it. That's bad practice Furius (talk) 06:25, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I agreeAlwynJPie (talk) 13:45, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Separation of the Facts from the Fiction
I realise there are few primary sources available that can be relied on to make this article more accurate but some of the dates in particular do not add up. More evidence and research is needed.AlwynJPie (talk) 13:44, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

The Outcome of the Petition Against Eviction
There are a lot of unanswered questions arising from this article: Were their good grounds for eviction? What was the outcome of the petition against eviction if it ever took place? What happened to the disabled daughter? A sea voyage from Ireland to Britain would have been quite an undertaking in those days. Would a ships captain have risked taking a frail and elderly person on such a journey? If she was so impoverished how would the voyage have been financed? How long was she away from Inchiquin in Munster? Who would have looked after the castle while she was away? Did she have staff working for her?AlwynJPie (talk) 14:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)