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The earldom was created on 14 May 1316 for Thomas fitz John. John FitzGerald became the first Earl of Kildare. Two senior FitzGeralds, Garret Mór FitzGerald and his son, Garret Óg FitzGerald, served as Lords Deputy of Ireland (the King’s representative in Ireland).
While he occasionally resided at St Thomas's Court in Dublin and at Castledermot in south Kildare, his seat was Maynooth castle and his main landed holdings were in Kildare, Meath, Carlow, and east Ulster. He was succeeded as earl and governor by the only son of his first marriage, Gerald FitzGerald (1487–1534).
Gerard FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare (1487 – 12 December 1534; Irish: Gearóid Óg Mac Gearailt, meaning "Young Gerald FitzGerald"), was a leading figure in 16th-century Irish History. In 1513 he inherited the title of Earl of Kildare and position of Lord Deputy of Ireland from his father.
John FitzThomas (c. 1250 – d. 10 September 1316) was an Anglo-Norman in the Peerage of Ireland, as 4th Lord of Offaly from 1287 and subsequently as 1st Earl of Kildare from 1316.
Thomas FitzJohn FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare (c. 1421 – 25 March 1477), was an Irish peer and statesman of the fifteenth century who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
When the English crown turned back to Catholicism under Queen Mary in 1555–58, Thomas Leverous became the first native Kildare bishop in 400 years, being of Norman descent.
He was summoned to England to discuss the situation and was created earl of Kildare in May 1316 and granted all the lands and rights formerly held by de Vesci in Kildare, with the important exception of the liberty of Kildare.
