John Butler of Kilcash [SEP] father
John Butler of Kilcash
John Butler of Kilcash (died 10 May 1570) was the third son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald.
Marriage and issue.
He was married to Lady Katherine MacCarthy, the daughter of Cormac na Haoine MacCarthy Reagh, 10th Prince of Carbery. Their children were:
- Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond (d. 1632).
- James Butler.
- Eleanor Butler, who married Thomas Prendergast. Their son James Prendergast was killed in
through lack of legitimate male issue.
Butlers of Mountgarret, Cloughgrennan, Kilcash & Duiske Butlers of Kilcash and Thurles Notable family members.
- John Butler of Kilcash
- Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond, son of John and the first member of the Kilcash branch to inherit the earldom when the senior branch failed to leave legitimate male issue.
- Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles, son of the 11th Earl who predeceased his father.
- James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, heir of Thomas, grandson of