Editing Gerald of Wales (section)

===Later life===
Gerald spent the remainder of his life in academic study, most probably in Lincoln, producing works of devotional instruction and politics, and revising the works on Ireland and Wales he had written earlier in his life. He spent two years (1204–6) in Ireland with his relatives and made a fourth visit to Rome, purely as a pilgrimage, in 1206. The controversy over St Davids soured his relationship with the crown. In 1216, a baronial plan to put [[Louis VIII of France]] on the throne of England in the [[First Barons' War]] was warmly welcomed by him. He died in about 1223 in his 77th year, probably in [[Hereford]], and he is, according to some accounts, buried at [[St Davids Cathedral]].<ref>Robert Bartlett, "Gerald of Wales (c.1146–1220x23)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004</ref>

There is a statue, by [[Henry Poole (sculptor)|Henry Poole]] of Gerald in [[City Hall, Cardiff]], and he was included in the vote on [[100 Welsh Heroes]] for his ''Descriptio Cambriae'' and ''Itinerarium Cambriae''. His reputation in Ireland, due to his negative portrayal of the Irish, is much less friendly.