Gerald Le Marescal was Bishop of Limerick in the late 13th and early 14th centuries."A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A: Oxford, OUP, 1976
Biography Formerly Archdeacon of Limerick"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p1405 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 he was elected bishop in 1272 and received possession of the temporalities on 17 January 1273."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p. 378 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 Begly says that the king sent an order that he be consecrated by the Archbishop Cashel David Mac Cerbaill; it is not clear whether this was Henry III who died on 16 November 1272 or his son Edward Longshanks. Most of what we know of Gerald Le Marescal comes from references in the Black Book of Limerick and refer to several grants of land including one from Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond. He died on 10 February 1302.
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