Walter Butler of Polestown was High Sheriff of
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...
, Ireland in 1483.
He was the second son of Sir
Edmund MacRichard Butler. His nephew
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would become the 8th Earl of
Ormond.
[Byrne, Frances John, et al (2002). ''A New History of Ireland, Volume 9. '' New York: Oxford University Press, pg 169.] He was the father of
Edmond Butler of Polestown.
See also
*
Butler dynasty
References
Walter
15th-century Irish politicians
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