Extinct Irish Earldoms

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Extinct and Dormant Irish Earldoms

Aldborough, Earl of (I, 1777 - 1875)

Antrim, Earl of (I, 1620 - 1791) - see Marquess of Antrim

Ardglass, Earl of (I, 1645 - 1687)

Armagh, Earl of (I, 1799 - suspended 1919) - see Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale

Arran, Earl of (I, 1662 - 1686)

Arran, Earl of (I, 1693 - 1758) - see Duke of Ormonde

Athlone, Earl of (I, 1692 - 1844)

Bandon, Earl of (I, 1800 - 1979)

Bangor, Earl of (I, 1691 - 1719) - see Duke of Schomberg

Bantry, Earl of (I, 1816 - 1891)

Barrymore, Earl of (I, 1628 - 1823)

Bellomont, Earl of (I, 1680 - 1683)

Bellomont, Earl of (I, 1689 - 1766)

Bellomont, Earl of (I, 1767 - 1800)

Belvidere, Earl of (I, 1756 - 1814)

Blesington, Earl of (I, 1745 - 1769)

Blesington, Earl of (I, 1816 - 1829)

Brandon, Earl of (I, 1758 - 1789)

Carbery, Earl of (I, 1628 - 1713)

Carhampton, Earl of (I, 1785 - 1829)

Carlingford, Earl of (I, 1661 - 1738)

Carysfort, Earl of (I, 1789 - 1909)

Castlehaven, Earl of (I, 1616 - 1777)

Castlemaine, Earl of (I, 1661 - 1705)

Catherlough, Earl of (I, 1763 - 1772)

Charlemont, Earl of (I, 1763 - 1892)

Charleville, Earl of (I, 1758 - 1764)

Charleville, Earl of (I, 1806 - 1875)

Clanbrassill, Earl of (I, 1647 - 1675)

Clanbrassill, Earl of (I, 1756 - 1798)

Clancare, Earl of (I, 1565 - 1597)

Clancarty, Earl of (I, 1658 - attainted 1691)

Clanricarde, Earl of (I, 1543 - 1916) - the Earldom of Clanricarde was held by the Marquess of Clanricarde from 21 Feb 1645/6, when the 5th Earl of Clanricarde was created Marquess of Clanricarde, until his death in Jul 1657 when the Marquessate of Clanricarde became extinct, and by the Marquess of Clanricarde again from 17 Aug 1789, when the 12th Earl of Clanricarde was created Marquess of Clanricarde, until his death on 8 Dec 1797, when the Marquessate became extinct, and finally by the Marquesses of Clanricarde from 26 Nov 1825 when the 14th Earl of Clanricarde was created Marquess of Clanricarde

Clare, Earl of (I, 1795 - 1864)

Clermont, Earl of (I, 1777 - 1806)

Clonmell, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1935)

Connaught, Earl of (I, 1764 - 1834) - see Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh

Conyngham, Earl (I, 1781 - 1781)

Cork, Earl of (I, c. 1396 - 1415) - see Duke of York

Desart, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1934)

Desmond, Earl of (I, 1329 - attainted 1582)

Desmond, Earl of (I, 1600 - 1601)

Desmond, Earl of (I, 1619 - 1628)

Downe, Earl of (I, 1628 - 1668)

Dublin, Earl of (I, 1766 - 1790) - see Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

Dublin, Earl of (I, 1799 - 1820) - see Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Dungannon, Countess of (I, 1716 - 1743) - see Duchess of Kendal

Dunraven and Mount-Earl*, Earl of (I, 1822 - 2011)

Egmont, Earl of (I, 1733 - 2011)

Ely, Earl of (I, 1766 - 1769)

Ely, Earl of (I, 1771 - 1783)

Farnham, Earl of (I, 1763 - 1779)

Farnham, Earl of (I, 1785 - 1823)

Fife, Earl (I, 1759 - 1912) - the earldom was held by the 1st Duke of Fife from 1889, when the 6th Earl Fife was created Marquess of Macduff and Duke of Fife, until 1912, when he died with no male heir and the Earldom and the 1889 titles became extinct

Fingall, Earl of (I, 1628 - 1984)

Fitzwilliam, Earl (I, 1716 - 1979)

Galway, Earl of (I, 1697 - 1720)

Glandore, Earl of (I, 1776 - 1815)

Glengall, Earl of (I, 1816 - 1858)

Gowran, Earl of (I, 1676 - 1676)

Grandison, Earl (I, 1721 - 1766)

Grandison, Earl (I, 1767 - 1800)

Howth, Earl of (I, 1767 - 1909)

Inchiquin, Earl of (I, 1654 - 1855) - the earldom was held by the Marquesses of Thomond from 1800, when the 5th Earl of Inchiquin was created Marquess of Thomond, until 1855, when on the death of the 3rd Marquess of Thomond both titles became extinct

Kenmare, Earl of (I, 1801 - 1952)

Kildare, Earl of (I, 1554 - 1599)

Kilkenny, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1846) - the 12th Viscount Mountgarret was created Earl of Kilkenny in 1793; on his death in 1846 the Earldom of Kilkenny became extinct and the Viscountcy of Mountgarret passed to a nephew

Landaff, Earl of (I, 1797 - 1833)

Lanesborough*, Earl of (I, 1756 - 1998)

Leinster, Earl of (I, 1646 - 1659)

Leinster, Countess of (I, 1721 - 1725) - Countess Sophia von Platen, mistress of Ernest August, Elector of Hanover, and his son King George I, was created Countess of Leinster for life in 1721 and Baroness Brentford and Countess of Darlington for life in 1722; all these titles became extinct on her death in 1725

Leitrim, Earl of (I, 1795 - 1952)

Ligonier, Earl (I, 1776 - 1782)

Limerick, Earl of (I, 1686 - 1715)

Londonderry, Earl of (I, 1622 - 1714)

Londonderry, Earl of (I, 1726 - 1765)

Longford, Earl of (I, 1677 - 1704)

Louth, Earl of (I, 1319 - 1329)

Louth, Earl of (I, 1759 - 1799)

Ludlow, Earl (I, 1760 - 1842)

Macartney, Earl of (I, 1794 - 1806)

Malton, Earl of (I, 1750 - 1782) - see Marquess of Rockingham

Massereene, Earl of (I, 1756 - 1816)

Milltown, Earl of (I, 1763 - dormant 1891)

Moira, Earl of (I, 1762 - 1868) - the earldom was held by the Marquesses of Hastings from 1817, when the 2nd Earl of Moira was created Marquess of Hastings, until 1868 when both titles became extinct

Mount Alexander, Earl of (I, 1661 - 1757)

Mountcashell, Earl (I, 1781 - 1915)

Mountnorris, Earl of (I, 1793 - 1844)

Mountrath, Earl of (I, 1660 - 1802)

Munster, Earl of (I, 1789 - merged in the Crown 1830) - see Duke of Clarence and St Andrews

Nugent, Earl (I, 1776 - 1889)

O'Neill, Earl (I, 1800 - 1841)

Ormonde, Earl of (I, 1328 - dormant 1997)

Ormonde, Earl of (I, 1529 - 1539) - see Earl of Wiltshire

Ossory, Earl of (I, 1527 - dormant 1997) - the earldom has been held by the Earls of Ormonde since 1527, when the 8th Earl of Ormonde was created Earl of Ossory

Panmure, Earl of (I, 1743 - 1782)

Ranelagh, Earl of (I, 1677 - 1712)

Rathdowne, Earl of (I, 1822 - 1848) - the 2nd Viscount Monck was created Earl of Rathdowne in 1822; on his death in 1848 the Earldom of Rathdowne became extinct and the Viscountcy of Monck passed to his brother

Rathfarnham, Earl of (I, 1715 - forfeited 1729) - see Marquess of Wharton

Roscommon, Earl of (I, 1622 - 1850)

Ross, Earl of (I, 1772 - 1802)

Rosse, Earl of (I, 1718 - 1764)

Seaforth, Earl of (I, 1771 - 1781)

Sefton, Earl of (I, 1771 - 1972)

Sheffield, Earl of (I, 1816 - 1909)

Shelburne, Earl of (I, 1719 - 1751)

Shipbrook, Earl of (I, 1777 - 1783)

Thomond, Earl of (I, 1543 - 1741)

Thomond, Earl of (I, 1746 - 1774)

Tylney, Earl (I, 1731 - 1784)