[1] The titles descended from father to son until the death of his great-grandson, James, the fourth Earl, in 1924.

The latter was the great-grandson of the Right Reverend Charles Bernard, Bishop of Tuam, younger son of the second Earl.

[5][6] The family seat of the Earls of Bandon was Castle Bernard, County Cork, in the Republic of Ireland.

Castle Bernard itself was destroyed as a result of an IRA attack in 1921, when the 4th earl was abducted for 10 days, and now stands as a ruin.

[7] The family later built a new home on the estate, which remained in the ownership of Lady Jennifer Bernard (1935–2010), the elder daughter of the late 5th and last Earl of Bandon by his first wife, until her death.