Butler, Eleanor Grace
Butler, Eleanor Grace (1914–97), countess of Wicklow, senator, social campaigner, and architect, was born 7 September 1914 at 89 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, one of five children of the architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler (qv), a…...
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 (‘James Butler I’)
Butler, James (‘James Butler I’) (1683?–1774), Roman catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born at Kelloges in the parish of Galbally, Co. Limerick, son of Edward Butler of Killusty and his wife Catherine, daughter and heiress of Thomas Butler of Woodenstown, Co. Tipperary. Although…...
Butler, James (‘James Butler II’)
Butler, James (‘James Butler II’) (1742–91), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was baptised on 6 March 1742 in St Mary's church, Dublin, fourth son of James Butler of Ballyraggett, Co. Kilkenny, and his wife, Frances Dillon. He was born into a junior branch of the Butler family of…...
Butler, John
Butler, John (c.1731–1800), 12th Baron Dunboyne , sometime Roman Catholic bishop of Cork, was born at Grange in the parish of Kiltinan, Co. Tipperary, third son of Edmund Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne, and his wife, Anne Grace, widow of Richard Nagle. He was ordained in…...
Butler, Katherine
Butler, Katherine (1914–2000), Sister of Charity, teacher, and writer, was born 27 May 1914 in Dublin, first child of James Bayley Butler (qv), professor of biology in UCD, and…...
Butler, Marie Joseph (Johanna)
Butler, Marie Joseph (Johanna) (1860–1940), mother general of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, founder of Marymount schools and colleges, was born 22 July 1860 as Johanna Butler in Ballynunry, Co. Kilkenny, into the large family of John Butler, gentleman farmer, and…...
Butler, Mary Ellen Lambert
Butler, Mary Ellen Lambert (1873–1920), novelist, was born 28 June 1873 in England, the youngest of the two daughters and a son of Peter Butler (1840–80) of Bunnahow House, Co. Clare, and Mary Ryan of Tipperary. The Butlers were landowners who remained catholic. Through intermarriage,…...
Butler, Mary Magdalen (Matilda Martha)
Butler, Mary Magdalen (Matilda Martha) (1795–1856), Dominican sister and founder of Sion Hill Dominican convent, Dublin, was born Matilda Martha Butler in Dublin. She entered the Dominican order and was the first sister to be professed in their new convent in Cabra on 28 December…...
Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (1546/7–c.1595), rebel and landowner, was the seventh son of James Butler (qv), 9th earl of Ormond, and Joan, daughter of James fitz Maurice FitzGerald (qv…...
Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (d. 1597), Butler rebel, was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Butler (qv) (d. 1601) of Cloghgrennan, Co. Carlow, and Eleanor Eustace, daughter of Rowland, Lord Baltinglass. He resided at his castle in Newstone. In spite 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 (‘Piers Ruadh’)
Butler, Piers (‘Piers Ruadh’) (c.1467–1539), 8th earl of Ormond and 1st earl of Ossory , was third son of Sir James Butler (qv), and his wife Sadhbh, daughter of Domhnall Riabhach Kavanagh. He is perhaps the best exemplar of the use of naked ambition…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1775–1819), 12th Baron Caher and earl of Glengall , was born 13 November 1775 in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, illegitimate son of James Butler, 11th Baron Caher (d. 1788), and a Co. Tipperary mendicant woman. His early life was shrouded in romantic intrigue: at an…...
Butler, Sir Edmund
Butler, Sir Edmund (c.1534–1602), Irish lord and rebel, was the second son of James Butler (qv), 9th earl of Ormond, and his wife Joan, daughter of James fitz Maurice…...
Butler, Walter
Butler, Walter (d. 1633), 11th earl of Ormond , nobleman, was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Butler of Kilcash and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Cormac MacCarthy Reagh, and was nephew to Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of…...
Butler, William Archer
Butler, William Archer (1812?–1848), clergyman and professor of moral philosophy, was second son of Pierce Archer Butler and Anna Maria Butler (née Gallwey); their seven children were brought up as Roman Catholics by their mother, though the father, who had several times been…...
Byrne, Christopher Michael (‘Christy’, ‘C. M.’)
Byrne, Christopher Michael (‘Christy’, ‘C. M.’) (1886?–1958), politician, farmer, and auctioneer, was born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, the only child of Walter Byrne of 13 Temple Road, Blackrock, and Ballykillavane, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow. Educated (1895–8) at Blackrock College, he…...
Byrne, Denis
Byrne, Denis (d. 1744), priest, may have been born in Dublin, although little or nothing is known of his birth, parentage, or early career. He came to prominence in the early 1720s as curate to the controversial Cornelius Nary (qv). As…...
Byrne, Edmund
Byrne, Edmund (c.1655/6–1723/4), alias ‘Edward Hamson’, archbishop of Dublin, was born in Ballybrack, Co. Carlow, of Wicklow parents. Meagher suggests that he was a first cousin of Arthur O'Brin (Ó Broinn/Byrne) (son of John O'Brin of Ballyknockan), a distinguished member…...
Byrne, Edward
Byrne, Edward (1739/40–1804), merchant and chairman of the Catholic Committee, was a son of John Byrne of Saggart, Co. Dublin, whose father, Garret Byrne (d. 1752), was a farmer there and, according to a descendant, ‘lived in the castle of Saggart and owned the estate belonging…...
Byrne, Edward Joseph
Byrne, Edward Joseph (1872–1940), catholic archbishop of Dublin, was born 10 May 1872 at Longwood Ave., South Circular Rd, Dublin, son of Edward Byrne, farmer, and Ellen Byrne (née Maguire). Although living in Dublin, his father farmed at Killahurler, Co. Wicklow. He was educated…...
Byrne, Frank
Byrne, Frank (c.1849–1894), nationalist, was born in Ireland, the son of Francis Byrne, a clerk. His family appears to have moved to Lancashire England, during his childhood. Nothing is known of his early life until 1870, when he served in an Irish company in the French army…...
Byrne, Mary
Byrne, Mary (1850–1936), witness of the Knock apparition, was the eldest daughter among three children of Dominick Byrne of Co. Mayo and his wife Margaret Bourke, and grew to be a tall, thin woman, with black hair and a pleasant voice. The defining moment in her life occurred when…...
Byrne, Mary Ann
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