From this position they were able to control the surrounding gaelic kingdoms of ormond éile ikerrin and part of osraige.
Kilkenny castle butler family tree ireland.
Kilkenny castle was a butler residence.
The butlers arrived in ireland with the anglo norman invasion.
In 1935 the butler family moved out and sold the contents of kilkenny castle.
It was a symbol of norman occupation and in its original thirteenth century condition it would have formed an important element of the defences of the town with four large circular corner towers and a massive ditch.
In 1177 theobald fitzwalter was made the chief butler of ireland by king henry ii.
The last butler quit the castle and ireland permanently in 1935.
It originally meant wine steward and comes from the same root as the french word for bottle bouteille.
The butler family of norman origin were earls and duke of ormond with their seat located at kilkenny castle.
Butler earls ormond butler name is norman.
The castle then became derelict.
Since 1391 the family was based in their stronghold of kilkenny castle.
The family held the titles of chief butler of ireland and baron butler.
The comerford family has been in ireland since 1210 settling first in kilkenny and waterford.
The o cleirigh cleary originally of galway later settled in places such as kilkenny.