Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret photograph

Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret

Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret Life story


John Butler of Kilcash was an Irish landowner and soldier. A younger son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and brother of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond, he received Kilcash Castle as appanage. He fought in the Desmond–Ormond conflict and was badly wounded in 1563, just before the Battle of Affane.

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