Butler (Caher)

The Butlers were established at Caher Castle, county Tipperary, from the 16th century. This family supported the Jacobite cause at the end of the 17th century but their estates were restored to them. In 1793 Richard Butler, 10th Baron Caher, married Emily Jefferys of Blarney Castle, county Cork and was created Viscount Caher and Earl of Glengall in 1816. Their only son, Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall, died in 1858 without male heirs and his titles became extinct. He left two daughters. The eldest, Margaret, married Lieutenant Colonel the Hon Richard Charteris, second son of the 8th Earl of Wemyss, in 1858. Lady Margaret Charteris of The Lodge, Caher, owned 16,616 acres in county Tipperary in the 1870s. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, the 2nd Earl of Glengall was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Ballybacon, Caher, Neddans, Shanrahan, Tubbrid and Tullaghorton, barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tippeary and the parish of Killaloan, barony of Upperthird, county Waterford. In November 1853 an estate of almost 30,000 acres belonging to the Earl was advertised for sale. The sale included lots in the towns of Cahir and Clonmel, the Manors of Cahir, Rehill and Castlegrace, all in county Tipperary and Redmondstown and other property in county Waterford. John Sadleir bought Cahir Castle for £700. Mary C. Lyons gives details of the purchasers. Parts of the estate were advertised for sale again in May 1859.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Monroe House	Monroe East	Ballybacon	Clogheen	Ardfinnan 59	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S087 171 OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 74
Caher Park	Carrigeen	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S048 248 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74
Caher House	Townparks	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S052 247 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74
Mill View	Carrigeen	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S048 243 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74
Garnavilla	Garnavilla	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S067 212 OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74
Keylong	Keylong	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S071 269 OS Sheet: 76 Discovery map: 74
Swiss Cottage	Kilcommonbeg	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S053 228 OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74
Corrabella	Corrabella	Neddans	Clogheen	Ardfinnan 59	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S116 155 OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 74
Neddans	Neddans (Farran)	Neddans	Clogheen	Ardfinnan 59	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S097 166 OS Sheet: 88 Discovery map: 74
Rehill	Rehill	Shanrahan	Clogheen	Kilcoran	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: R972 191 OS Sheet: 81 Discovery map: 74
Castlegrace	Castlegrace	Tullaghorton	Clogheen	Tullaghorton 64	Iffa and Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S030 144 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 74
Redmondstown	Redmondstown	Kilgrant	Clonmel	Clonmel Rural 73	Iffa and Offa East	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S240 249 OS Sheet: 77 Discovery map: 75
Kilmoyler	Kilmoyler	Killardry	Tipperary	Killadriffe 148	Clanwilliam	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S016 299 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74
Lissava House	Lissava	Caher	Clogheen	Caher 65	Iffa & Offa West	Tipperary	OSI Ref: S033247 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 74

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Glengall, 11 Nov 1853, Vol 24 (38), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Charteris, Butler, Glengall, 20 May 1859, Vol 55 (48), MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Rental of the estate of ... the Earl of Glengall situated in the counties of Tipperary and Waterford. on. 1850. Ms. 19,481 ; National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of Butler of Caherdownisk, Barons Cahir, of Cloghcally, of Knockanamonagh in Co. Tipperary, of Knocklofty, and also of Glengall and Cloghbridy in Co. Tipperary, Earls of Glengall, c.1467 c.1820. Genealogical Office: Ms.176, pp.335-47 ; National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of Butler, Baron Cahir and Earl of Glengall, and of Knockananomagh, and of Glengall in Co. Tipperary, and of Knocklofty, c.1500 -- 1829. Genealogical Office: Ms.170, pp.225-30 ; National Library of Ireland
Records of the Cahir Estate Company, including records of estates of the Earl of Glengall, (later Charteris, later Cahir estate), R. P. Maxwell, Solomon Watson, Sidney Murdoch, and Mrs. Norah Cole Baker, in Co. Tipperary, 1826-1966. 976; National Archives of Ireland
Expense of Lord Cahir 's return, Tipperary election, 29 June, 1818.; Tipperary Studies Research Library (Archives), Thurles
Cahir, Co Tipperary Estate Papers, documents relating to the family and estate of the Barons Caher and Earls of Glengall, 18th -20th centuries. XD32A/1-344 (Rhagorol On-line Catalogue); Caernarfon Record Office, Gwynedd, Wales
Lismore Castle Papers, Collection List 129; National Library of Ireland
Wegg Papers include request to sell Trust Stock and Securities to make up £14,000 to invest in a mortgage of lands in counties Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland belonging to the Right Hon. James, Lord Caher, Baron of Caher in Ireland, 1750-1751. ACC/0617/157-158; London Metropolitan Archives: city of London
An Act for the Relief of the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Glengall, in respect of his Estates in the Counties of Waterford and Tipperary in Ireland, and for vesting the same Estates in Trustees for effecting such Relief. 1848. Private Act (Printed), 11 & 12 Victoria I, c. 22 HL/PO/PB/1/1848/11&12V1n313; Parliamentary Archives
Maps of the Butler estate at Fethard. 21 F. 55; National Library of Ireland
Incumbered Estates Court rental of estate of Richard, earl of Glengall, county Tipperary, 1853 & 3 volumes of maps of Charteris estate, county Tipperary, 1876. M.7072 & M.7073; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

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] : 79
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 160
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa West, 16 (Monroe East), 24 (Carrigeen), 31 (Garnavilla), 32 (Kilcommonbeg), 40 (Townparks), 55 (Corrabella), 57 (Neddans)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 238-239 (Cahir House & Garnavella - J. Archer Butler )
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 85 (Cahir Castle), 226 (Key-long), 333 Redmond's-town - J. Parson Ducket)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Iffa and Offa East, 60 (Redmondstown)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 212 (Keylong), 364 (Kilmoyler & Caher)
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Tipperary: Vol.I, Parish of Ballybacon, 196, 198, 201, 203-205, Vol.II, Parish of Caher, 113, 115, 117-121, 123-127, 130-132, 136 (Lissava [Egan]). Vol. VII, Parish of Neddins, pp.85-89. Vol.VIII, Parish of Shanrahan, pp.84,89, 93-95. Vol.IX, Parish of Tulloghorton, pp.144-148. Parish of Tubrid, pp.239, 242-243, 245-247,251, 254.

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 96-97
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 53
HAYES, William and KAVANAGH, Art. ''The Tipperary Gentry''. Dublin: Irish Family Names, 2003 : 57-67
NOLAN, W, POWER, T.P. & COWMAN, D. (eds). ''Waterford: History and Society''. (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1992). : Proudfoot, Lindsay. The estate system in mid nineteenth-century Waterford. p.537.
''The Irish Genealogist'': BUTLER, David J. House of Rouskagh: the obscuring of a cadet branch of the Butlers of Cahir. XI (2002-2005), 118-134
LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 69-76
LYONS, Mary C. ''Illustrated Incumbered Estates, Ireland, 1850-1905.'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1993. : 69-77
''Tipperary Historical Journal'': McCARTHY, Rev. Robert. The Cahir Estate in the 19th and 20th centuries. (2011), pp.68-76.