In 1362, he slew 600 of
Mac Murrough's followers at
Teigstaffen (
County Kilkenny). On 22 April 1364, was appointed
Lord Deputy of Ireland to
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence: Clarence, from his first arrival in Ireland, placed great trust in him, and for a few years it seems that as Deputy he was almost all-powerful. In the 1360s he clashed with
Maurice FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Kildare. In 1364 the
Irish House of Commons sent a delegation to England, headed by Kildare, to complain of misgovernment, and to ask for the removal of "corrupt" officials, some of whom had links to Ormond. A number of these officials were removed, but Ormond's position was not seriously threatened. He was Lord Justice by 24 July 1376, with a salary of £500 a year, in which office he was continued by King
Richard II of England. On 2 April 1372, he was made constable of
Dublin Castle, with the fee of £18 5s. a year. He was summoned to the Parliaments held by Richard II. He died on 18 October 1382 in his castle of
Knocktopher (near which he had, in 1356, founded a Friary for
Carmelite friars). He was buried in
St. Canice's Cathedral,
Kilkenny. ==Marriage and Children==