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Richard took the name Earl of Clare from one of his lordships in Suffol k, where Clare Castle still exists. The family name also has echoes in Ireland -- the modern Irish county of County Clare (which was historically part of the North Munster Gaelic kingdom of Thomond , dominated by the O'Brien s, Kings of Thomond) was granted to the de Clare family in 1275 . When the boundaries of the modern County Clare were fixed by Sir Henry Sidney in 1565 , it was named after the family. |
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