Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim, in the County of Carlow, was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland consists of those titles of nobility created by the English monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland, or later by monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the five divisi ...
. It was created on 4 August 1603 for Theobald Butler, the son of
Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan
Sir Edmund Butler (1534 – c. 1585) of Cloughgrenan (and the Dullough), was an Irish noble and the second son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald. He was a scion of the House of Ormond, and a rebel against the Tudors.
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, second son of
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory ( – 1546), known as the Lame (Irish: ''Bacach''), was in 1541 confirmed as Earl of Ormond thereby ending the dispute over the Ormond earldom between his father, Piers Butler, 8th Earl o ...
(see
Earl of Ormonde for earlier history of the family). He later served as
Lord Lieutenant of Carlow. The title became extinct on his death in 1613. Tulleophelim (or Tullowphelim) is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
located in
County Carlow
County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a county located in the South-East Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Carlow is the second smallest and the third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow Cou ...
. The parish contains the town of
Tullow
Tullow (; , formerly ''Tulach Ó bhFéidhlim/ Tullowphelim'') is a market town in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney where the N81 road intersects with the R725. , the population was 4,673.
History
There is a statue of ...
. The name is contracted from , (the ga, tulach) or hill of the territory of the Hy Felimy, a tribe descended and named from Felimy, son of Enna Kinsella,
Kings of Leinster
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*Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings
*One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":
**The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts
**The ''Shahnameh'' ...
in the fourth century.
[ Joyce, Patrick Weston, ''Irish Local Names'' Explained.]
Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim (1605)
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Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim
Theobald Butler, 1st Viscount Butler of Tulleophelim (died December 1613), was an Irish peer.
Birth and origins
Theobald was the son of Sir Edmund Butler of Cloughgrenan, Sir Edmund Butler by the Honourable Eleanor Eustace, daughter of Rowla ...
(–1613)
See also
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Earl of Ormond (Ireland)
The peerage title Earl of Ormond and the related titles Duke of Ormonde and Marquess of Ormonde have a long and complex history. An earldom of Ormond has been created three times in the Peerage of Ireland.
History of Ormonde titles
The earldom ...
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Butler dynasty
Butler ( ga, de Buitléir) is the name of a noble family whose members were, for several centuries, prominent in the administration of the Lordship of Ireland and the Kingdom of Ireland. They rose to their highest prominence as Dukes of Ormonde. ...
References
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External links
Library Ireland: Irish Local Names Explained
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Extinct viscountcies in the Peerage of Ireland
Noble titles created in 1605
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