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Butler arms at Kilkenny Castle. Butler (Irish: de Buitléir) is the name of a noble family whose members were, for several centuries, prominent in the administration of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland. They rose to their highest prominence as Dukes of Ormonde.
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount Mountgarret (6 January 1771 – 16 July 1846) was created Earl of Kilkenny on 20 December 1793. [1] The son of Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret and Henrietta Butler, he was thus a member of the powerful Butler Dynasty descended from the House of Butler of Ormond, who purchased and resided at Kilkenny Castle from 1391 to 1967.
Sir Richard Butler of Poletown, County Kilkenny (died 20 August 1619), was a descendant of the Butler family - the Earls of Ormond. He was the third son of Edmond Butler of Polestown. He was invested as a Knight on 21 April 1605. [1]
He was born at Mooncoin, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 30 August 1872, to Michael and Anastasia (Quinn) Dollard, the youngest son in a large family.After taking the course in Classics at Kilkenny College, he sailed in 1890 for New Brunswick, Canada.
Many of the family, including James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond are buried in St. Mary's Collegiate Church Gowran. [3] Among the many notable members of the Butler family was Lady Margaret Butler (c. 1454 or 1465–1539) the Irish noblewoman, the daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond. Lady Margaret Butler was born in Kilkenny Castle.
Sir Richard Butler (1395–1443) of Polestown, [1] County Kilkenny, was the second son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, and Anne Welles. His older brother James inherited the earldom. Following the extinction of the senior family line, his great-grandson, Piers Butler , became the 8th Earl of Ormond .
James Butler was born at Kilkenny Castle on 5 October 1844, the son of John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and Frances Jane Paget. [1] From birth until the death of his father in 1854, he was styled as Earl of Ossory, one of his father's subsidiary titles. He was a godson of Queen Adelaide, [2] in whose household his mother served as a Lady-in ...
Edmond Butler of Killoshulan, Duiske, County Kilkenny (died 12 July 1691) was the youngest son of Piers Butler of Duiske and Margaret Netterville, daughter of Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville. His grandfather was Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoye. [1] Killoshulan is a townland in the barony of Crannagh, County Kilkenny.