Butler (Doon & Thornpark)
The Butlers of Doonemulvihill, county Clare and Thornpark, county Galway are descended from James Butler of Doonemulvihill and his wife, an O'Hogan of Cragmoher, county Clare. From Peter Butler, the third son of this couple, descend the Butlers of Bunnahow. In 1798 Henry Butler of Millbrooke, county Clare, son of James and Theresa Butler of Doone and Millbrooke, county Clare, married Ann daughter of Xaverius Blake of Oran Castle, county Galway and Doonmacreena, county Mayo. Their eldest son, James Blake Butler, lived at Glenwilliam. Their second son, Xaverius Blake Butler of Thornpark, is recorded as the owner of over 300 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. He also held over 150 acres in county Limerick and at the time of Griffith's Valuation, a house at North Richmond St, Dublin. In 1906 James Blake Butler owned over 200 acres of untenanted land at Carrowmoneash.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornpark | Carrowmoneash | Oranmore | Galway | Oranmore 56 | Dunkellin | Galway |
OSI Ref: M381254
OS Sheet: 95 Discovery map: 46 |
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| Ballyline | Ballyline | Kiraghtis | Ennis | Crusheen 21 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R377 865
OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 58 |
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| Doon | Doon | Inchicronan | Gort | Caher 149 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R438 909
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 52 |
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| Glenwilliam | Drummanneen | Inchicronan | Ennis | Crusheen 21 | Bunratty Upper | Clare |
OSI Ref: R407 884
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 58 |
Archival sources
- Photostats of pedigrees of the Butler and related families, compiled by Thomas Blake Butler. GO MS 521-522; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Butler of Doonmulvihill, Millbrooke, Glenwilliam, Bunnahow, Walterstown, Ashfield, Co Clare, Mount Vernon, Co Galway, also Blake Butler & Butler Creagh, c 1680-1892. GO MS 177: 368-373; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of certificate of arms to Theobald Blake Butler with details of descent from Butlers of Glenwilliam, Millbrook, Doon, Srangalloon, Co Clare; of Boytonrath & Grallagh, Co Tipperary & from Barons Dunboyne, 26 Nov 1919. GO MS 111B:84; National Library of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Butler, 4 Apr 1860, Vol 15, 29-40 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (Dunboyne), Butler, Blake & Butler, 17 Apr 1860, Vol 29, 49-60; James Hardiman Library, University of Galway
- Summary survey of lands of James Butler in baronies of Tulla Upper & Bunratty Upper 1812 & summary survey with historical notes of same lands, 1720. MS 1600; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Galway Union, 191
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 294
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 66.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 151.
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 315
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 286 (Mill-brook)
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ennis Union, 58 (Glenwilliam)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 16 (Glenwilliam)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 272
- PINE, L.G. (ed). ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. 4th ed. London: Burke's Peerage, 1958.: 131-133
- ''North Munster Antiquarian Journal'': BLACKALL, Sir Henry William Butler. The Butlers of Co Clare. VII (1953), 153-167
- WEIR, Hugh W. L. ''Historical, Genealogical and Architectural notes on some Houses of Clare''. Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1999. : 27-28
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 192-195
- COFFEY, Thomas. ''The Parish of Inchicronan (Crusheen)''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 1993: 106-118