The term Hiberno-Norman is used of those Norman lords who settled in Ireland, admitting little if any real fealty to the Anglo-Norman settlers in England. The de Burghs, FitzGeralds, Butlers and de Berminghams are the more noted among them. ("Fitz" is a particularly Hiberno-Norman prefix).

By the late 16th century, the Hiberno-Normans began to be referred to as the Old English. In the Irish language, they were known as the gaill or "foreigners". Englishmen born in England however were called sassenach or "saxons".

(The prefix "Hiberno" means "relating to Ireland or the Irish", from Hibernia (the Latin word for Ireland, meaning "winter land" - a reference to island's climate being colder than the Roman scouts were accustomed to!).

See also

• Norman Ireland
• Later Medieval Ireland (1185 to 1284)

• Anglo-Norman
• Cambro-Norman
• Insular French
• Scoto-Norman

History of Ireland | Normans | Ethnic groups in Ireland