Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly
Encyclopedia
Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly (12 January 1974 – 9 May 1997) was the only son of Maurice FitzGerald, Marquess of Kildare
(now 9th Duke of Leinster
).
He was killed in a car accident
in Ireland
. A fund for dyslexics
(the T.O.M. Fund) was established in his memory.
The Earl of Offaly is buried in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay
.
Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster
Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster , styled Earl of Offaly before 1976 and Marquess of Kildare between 1976 and 2004, is an Irish nobleman. The Duke is the highest ranking member of the Peerage of Ireland....
(now 9th Duke of Leinster
Duke of Leinster
Duke of Leinster is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier dukedom in that peerage. The title refers to Leinster, but unlike the province the title is pronounced "Lin-ster"...
).
He was killed in a car accident
Car accident
A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...
in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
. A fund for dyslexics
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
(the T.O.M. Fund) was established in his memory.
The Earl of Offaly is buried in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay
Sutton Courtenay is a village and civil parish on the River Thames south of Abingdon and northwest of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.-Today:...
.