Above: Garett Oge Fitzgerald When the lord deputy, Garrett Oge Fitzgerald, went to England in obedience to the king's mandate, he left his son, the young Lord Thomas, as deputy in his place. On his arrival in London he was sent to the Tower, on various charges. He might possibly have got through his present difficulties, as he had through many others, but for what befell in Ireland, which will now be related. Lord Thomas Fitzgerald, who was afterwards known as " Silken Thomas," ... Read More