Bryan/Butler Bryan

Robert Butler Bryan held land in the parishes of Ballingarry, Kilcooly and Modeshil, barony of Slievardagh, county Tipperary in the mid 19th century. The Butler Bryan were related to Archbishop King and to the Butler family, Dukes of Ormonde. Robert Butler Bryan junior was murdered in county Wexford in 1841 following a land related controversy. In the 1870s the Reverend William Butler Bryan of Woodenbridge, Avoca, county Wicklow, owned 782 acres in county Kilkenny.

Associated Families

Bryan/Butler Bryan

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

Maps of the estates of Rev. W. Butler Bryan in the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary. By John H. Brophy. Oblong quarto, 14 coloured maps, with names of tenants, mid 19th c. 21 F. 26 (1) ; National Library 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] : 59