Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I am not sure. There were many wobbles and I am not sure where the church had wobbled to at that stage. The matter is a curiosity.

I am fascinated by the history of the Earl of Kildare, as I speak as a native of County Kildare. There are a succession of related revisions, including the Restitution of the Earl of Kildare 1495, which was followed by the Attainder of the Earl of Kildare 1534. This story is almost like a Mickey Spillane work. The Earl of Kildare, Silken Thomas, was excommunicated for the murder of his enemy, a rebellion instigated by him was crushed, and Silken Thomas was hanged in London with five of his uncles, aged 24. It was grim justice.