Fitzgibbon, FitzGibbon, Fitz-Gibbon and Fitzgibbons are

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surnames of

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origin. FitzGibbon and its variants have long been widespread and important surnames within Ireland. The surnames were first found in 12th century Ireland, shortly after the

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, in which two distinct families were established in

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and

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. The surname means "Son of Gibbon", with "Gibbon" being derived from "Gibb", a short form of the popular

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personal name Gilbert, which was first introduced in the

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by followers of

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after the Norman Conquest of England. Gilbert was originally derived from the name ''Gislebert'' or ''Gillebert'', which is composed of the Germanic elements ''Gisil'' which means "hostage", "pledge", or "noble youth," and ''berht'', which means "bright" or "famous." In

, the noble

FitzGerald dynasty The FitzGerald/FitzMaurice Dynasty is a noble and aristocratic dynasty of Cambro-Norman, Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman origin. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the ...

established a knighthood under the FitzGibbon family branch. Known as The White Knight, the family held territory in southeast Limerick, near

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. The knighthood was descended from

John FitzThomas, 1st Baron Desmond John FitzThomas, 1st Baron Desmond (died 1261) was the son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, Lord OConnello by his wife Ellinor, daughter of Jordan de Marisco, and sister of Geoffrey de Marisco, who was appointed justiciar of Ireland in 1215.Cokayne, G ...

, ancestor of The Earls of Desmond and grandson of the Norman baron Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Llanstephan. The other two branches of the FitzGerald family were known as the

Green Knight The Green Knight ( cy, Marchog Gwyrdd, kw, Marghek Gwyrdh, br, Marc'heg Gwer) is a character from the 14th-century Arthurian poem ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' and the related medieval work ''The Greene Knight''. His true name is revea ...

and the

Black Knight The black knight is a literary stock character who masks his identity and that of his liege by not displaying heraldry. Black knights are usually portrayed as villainous figures who use this anonymity for misdeeds. They are often contrasted with t ...

, both of which kept the FitzGerald name. in

, those with the surname FitzGibbon (and its variants, such as Gibbon and Gibbons) were originally a branch of the great

Burke Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...

family, known as MacGibbon Burke, with

(and later Hiberno-Norman) roots.

People

* Abraham Fitzgibbon (182387), Irish-born railroad engineer * Agnes Dunbar Moodie Fitzgibbon (1833–1913), Canadian artist *

Allan Fitzgibbon Allan Fitzgibbon is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the Balmain Tigers between 1968 and 1970, and appeared in the 1969 Grand Final where the Tigers won in an upset against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, and f ...

(born before 1968), Australian rugby league footballer * Andrew Fitzgibbon (184583), Irish soldier who may have been the youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross * Andrew Fitzgibbon (Engineer) (born 1968), Irish computer vision researcher *

Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Bernice Bowles "Fitz" Fitz-Gibbon (September 6, 1894 – February 22, 1982) was an American advertising executive and a pioneer in retail advertising, working at Marshall Field's, Macy's, Gimbels and Wanamaker's. She was inducted into the Adver ...

(18941982), American advertising executive * Carol Fitz-Gibbon (1938–2017), British educational researcher and analyst *

Coleen Fitzgibbon Coleen Fitzgibbon (born 1950) is an American experimental film artist associated with Collaborative Projects, Inc. (a.k.a. Colab). She worked under the pseudonym Colen Fitzgibbon between the years 1973-1980. Fitzgibbon currently resides on Ludlow ...

(born 1950), American experimental film artist * Constantine Fitzgibbon (191983), American-born historian, translator and novelist *

Craig Fitzgibbon Craig Fitzgibbon (born 16 June 1977) is an Australian professional rugby league coach and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s and is the current head coach of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. A N ...

(born 1977), Australian rugby league footballer *

Daniel Fitzgibbon Daniel Fitzgibbon, (born 15 June 1976) is an Australian Paralympic sailor, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics with partner Liesl Tesch in the two per ...

, (born 1976), Australian Paralympic sailor who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics *

Darragh Fitzgibbon Darragh Fitzgibbon (born 1 April 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for club side Charleville, divisional side Avondhu, university side University College Cork and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. Play ...

(born 1997), Irish hurler * Desmond Fitzgibbon (1890after 1945), British flying ace in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I *

Edmund FitzGibbon Edmund Fitzgibbon, 11th White Knight (c. 1552 – 23 April 1608), was an Irish nobleman of the FitzGerald dynasty, who held a Hiberno-Norman hereditary knighthood. His loyalty to Elizabeth I resulted in the capture of his kinsman, the self-dec ...

(1608), Irish nobleman * Edmund Fitzgibbon (bishop) (19252010), Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop in Nigeria *

Edmond Gerald FitzGibbon Edmund Gerald FitzGibbon (1 November 1825 – 12 December 1905) was a barrister and Town clerk of Melbourne.Bernard Barrett,FitzGibbon, Edmund Gerald (1825 - 1905), '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 4, MUP, 1972, pp 181-182. FitzGibb ...

(18251905), Irish-born Australian barrister and town clerk * Edward Fitzgibbon (180357), Irish writer who used the pseudonym ''Ephemera'' * Edward E. Fitzgibbon (18471909), American farmer, teacher, and politician *

Eric Fitzgibbon Eric John Fitzgibbon (27 August 1936 – 24 January 2015) was an Australian politician representing the Australian Labor Party. Born in Taree, New South Wales, he attended the University of New England and became a teacher. He served on Cessn ...

(19362015), Australian politician * Fred Fitzgibbon (191799), Australian rules footballer * Gerald Fitzgibbon (disambiguation), multiple people * Hanorah Philomena FitzGibbon (18891979), New Zealand civilian and military nurse and nursing administrator *

Herb Fitzgibbon Herbert Fitzgibbon (born July 14, 1942) is a former tennis player who was nationally ranked in the 1960s and 1970s. Fitzgibbon played four years of high school tennis for Garden City High School and never lost a match. He played collegiate tenn ...

(born 1942), U.S. tennis player *

Ian Fitzgibbon Ian Fitzgibbon (born 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish film and television actor/director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Spin the Bottle'', ''A Film with Me in It'' and the Comedy Central UK show Threesome, and for the role of Fr. Jessup in ...

(born 1962), Irish film and television actor/director *

James FitzGibbon James FitzGibbon (16 November 1780 – 10 December 1863) was a British soldier in the War of 1812. Early life and career Born to Garrett (Gerald) FitzGibbon and Mary Widenham in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland, he enlisted in the Knight of ...

(17801863), British soldier and hero of the War of 1812 *

Joe Fitzgibbon Joseph Clark Fitzgibbon (born August 27, 1986) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 34th district since 2010. Fitzgibbon has been chair of the House Envi ...

(active from 2012), U.S. politician in the state of Washington *

Joel Fitzgibbon Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon (born 16 January 1962) is a retired Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2022, representing the New South Wales seat of Hunt ...

(born 1962), Australian politician * John Fitzgibbon (disambiguation), multiple people * John Fitzgibbons (18681941), American politician * John Bowler Fitzgibbons (born before 1995), American entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist * Joseph Fitzgibbon (18811960), Newfoundland politician *

Lachlan Fitzgibbon Lachlan Fitzgibbon (born 5 January 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as forward for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. Background Fitzgibbon was born in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and moved to ...

(born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer *

Maggie Fitzgibbon Margaret Helen Fitzgibbon (30 January 1929 – 8 June 2020) was an Australian actress and singer. Coming from a show-business family, she was the older sister of musician Smacka Fitzgibbon. Biography Fitzgibbon was born in Melbourne. She began ...

(1929–2020), Australian actress and singer * Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon (182396), English-born nun who founded the New York Foundling Hospital * Nick FitzGibbon (born 1987), Canadian football player *

Patricia Fitzgibbon Patricia Fitzgibbon is a former camogie player, winner of an All Ireland senior medal in 1992 and winner of the AIB Gaelic Star award for Camogie Junior Player of the year in 1984. References External links Camogie.ieOfficial Camogie Assoc ...

(born before 1984), Irish camogie player * Paul Fitzgibbon (190375), American football player * Peter Fitzgibbon (born 1975), Irish international rugby union referee *

Pierre Fitzgibbon Pierre Fitzgibbon is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Terrebonne as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec The Coalition Ave ...

, Canadian politician, member of the National Assembly of Quebec (from 2018) * Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr. (192056), U.S. murder victim in Vietnam * Rosanne Fitzgibbon (19472012), Australian literary editor * Sally Fitzgibbons (born 1990), Australian professional surfer *

Sandie Fitzgibbon Sandie Fitzgibbon (born 1964 in Cork) is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of six All Ireland medals in 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997. She played for Glen Rovers Club with who ...

(born before 1982), Irish camogie player * Shaun Fitzgibbon (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer *

Smacka Fitzgibbon Graham Francis "Smacka" Fitzgibbon (12 February 1930 – 15 December 1979) was an Australian banjoist and vocalist in the trad jazz idiom. He was a publican in country Victoria and restaurateur in Melbourne. Biography Early life Fitzgerald was bo ...

(193079), Australian entertainer * Theodora FitzGibbon (191691), Irish cookery writer, model and actress * William Fitzgibbon (active 1890s1900s), Irish hurler

Other uses

* Fitzgibbon, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane *

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ...

, a trophy for a hurling championship among higher education institutions in Ireland, named after Edwin Fitzgibbon ** 2015 Fitzgibbon Cup **

2016 Fitzgibbon Cup The 2016 independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup was the 100th staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment in 1912. The semi-finals and final were hosted by Cork IT on 26 and 27 February 2016 where Mary Immaculate College Mary Immaculate Co ...

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