Burke (de Burgh), Uilleag (‘Uilleag Fionn’)
Burke (de Burgh), Uilleag (‘Uilleag Fionn’) (d. 1509), 6th lord of Clanricard, was eldest surviving son of Uilleag Ruadh (qv), 5th lord of Clanricard, and his wife Sláine, daughter of…...
Burke, Ricard Ó Cuairsge
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Burke, Uilleag (‘Uilleag an Fhiona’) (Ulick de Burgh)
Burke, Uilleag (‘Uilleag an Fhiona’) (Ulick de Burgh) (d. 1423), 3rd lord of Clanricard, was eldest son of Richard Óg de Burgh (qv), 2nd lord of Clanricard. From Clanricard's central location in Galway, Uilleag Burke was able to…...
Burke, Ulick
Burke, Ulick (d. 1655), army officer, was the son of John Burke of Castle Hacket, Co. Galway, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Thady Kelly of Mullaghmore. His property in Co. Galway was erected into the manor of Castle Hacket in 1619. He married Honora Bourke, daughter of…...
Burke, Ulick
Burke, Ulick (c.1670–1691), viscount of Galway , Jacobite soldier, was fourth son of William Burke, 7th earl of Clanricarde (and first son by William's second wife Helen, daughter of the 1st earl of Clancarty (qv)). On 2…...
Burke, Ulick
Burke, Ulick (d. 1601), 3rd earl of Clanricard and military leader, was eldest son of Richard Burke (qv), 2nd earl of Clanricard, and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of …...
Bury, Charles Kenneth Howard-
Bury, Charles Kenneth Howard- (1883–1963), soldier, explorer, plant collector, and politician, was born 15 August 1883 in London, though his parents generally lived in Charleville castle, Tullamore, King's Co. (Co. Offaly). He was the only son of Captain Kenneth Howard, army officer…...
Butler, Charles
Butler, Charles (1671–1758), 2nd earl of Arran , 3rd titular duke of Ormond, soldier and Jacobite, was born 4 September 1671 in Dublin, second son of Thomas Butler (qv) (1634–80), earl of Ossory, and his wife Lady Amelia, eldest daughter…...
Butler, Count Walter
Butler, Count Walter (d. 1634), imperial governor and soldier, was born in Ballinakill, near Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, second son of Peter Butler and Catharine Butler (née de Burgo). The family originated in Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny, and were a cadet branch of the house of Ormond.…...
Butler, James
Butler, James (a. 1488–1538), 10th lord of Dunboyne, was son of James Butler, 9th lord, and either Elinor, daughter of Sir Laurence Taaffe, or Catherine, daughter of Finghin MacCarthy Reagh. He became the head of the Dunboyne Butlers on his father's death (1508), and received…...
Butler, James
Butler, James (1543–79), landowner, was the eldest son of Piers Butler (qv) of Grallagh (d. 1578) and Honora Fitzgerald (d. 1577), the apparently illegitimate daughter of James…...
Butler, James
Butler, James (fl. 1617–34), army officer, appears to have been a member of the Mountgarret branch of the Butler family, possibly a son of James Butler of Dowganstown, Co. Carlow, who was a grandson of Richard Butler (qv), 1st…...
Butler, James
Butler, James (1665–1745), 2nd duke of Ormond, soldier, lord lieutenant of Ireland, and Jacobite, was born 29 April 1665 in Dublin castle, second but eldest surviving son of Thomas Butler (qv), 6th earl of Ossory, and his wife Emilia,…...
Butler, Pierce
Butler, Pierce (1744–1822), soldier, planter, slaveholder, delegate to the constitutional convention and US senator, was born in Ballintemple House, Co. Carlow on 11 July 1744, the third son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th baronet of Cloughgrenan and member of the Irish parliament, and his…...
Butler, Pierce (Piers)
Butler, Pierce (Piers) (1652–1740), 3rd Viscount Galmoy and Jacobite earl of Newcastle, army officer, was born 21 March 1652, the son of Edward, 2nd Viscount Galmoy (c.1627–1667), and Eleanor, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Whyte of Leixlip, Co. Kildare. He succeeded to the…...
Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (d. 1652), soldier and politician, was eldest son of Edward Butler, 1st Viscount Galmoy (cr. 1646), and Anne, daughter of Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret. Piers entered Gray's Inn in 1623 and on his return to Ireland married Margaret Netterville, daughter of…...
Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (d. 1660?), 1st Viscount Ikerrin , confederate commander in Munster, was the son of Sir James Butler, Baron Ikerrin, of Lismallon, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of Ormond. He…...
Butler, Piers (Peter)
Butler, Piers (Peter) (1521–78), landowner, was the second son of Sir James Butler (qv), baron of Dunboyne (d. 1538), and Joan, daughter of Sir Piers Butler (qv), earl of Ormond (d…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1578–1652/3), 3rd Viscount Mountgarret , nobleman and soldier, was the eldest son of Edmund Butler (qv) (d. 1602), the 2nd viscount, and his wife, Grany MacGiollapadraig. He had seven brothers, James, Edward, Thomas,…...
Butler, William Francis
Butler, William Francis (1838–1910), soldier and author, was born 31 October 1838 in a farmhouse at Ballyslateen, Golden, Co. Tipperary, youngest child among four sons and three daughters of Richard Butler (1792–1870), a modest landowner and large tenant farmer of Suirville, Co.…...
Button, Sir Thomas
Button, Sir Thomas (d. 1634), naval officer, was the fourth son of Miles Button of Worlton, Glamorgan, thrice sheriff of that county, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Edward Lewis of Y Fan. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Walter Rice of Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, and may have…...
Byrne, Garret
Byrne, Garret (c.1762–c.1832), United Irishman, was born in Ballymanus, Co. Wicklow, eldest of five sons and two daughters of Garret Byrne, one of Wicklow's largest catholic landowners, and Christian Byrne (née Jans) of Dublin city. Educated in France, he took over…...
Byrne, Miles
Byrne, Miles (1780–1862), United Irishman, French army officer, and author, was born 20 March 1780 at Ballylusk, Monaseed, Co. Wexford, the eldest son of Patrick Byrne, a middling catholic farmer, and Mary (née Graham). He joined the United Irishmen in the spring of 1797, and…...
Byrne, Sir Joseph Aloysius
Byrne, Sir Joseph Aloysius (1874–1942), soldier and administrator, was born 2 October 1874 in Co. Londonderry, son of Dr Joseph Byrne, DL, a catholic physician of Londonderry, and Emily Byrne (née Egan). He was educated at St George's College…...
Byrne, Vincent (‘Vinnie’)
Byrne, Vincent (‘Vinnie’) (1900–92), revolutionary and soldier, was born 23 November 1900 in the national maternity hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, the elder among one son and one daughter of Vincent Byrne, carpenter, of 33 Denzille Street (latterly Fenian Street), and his wife…...