Walter Butler of Nodstown

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Walter Butler of Nodstown (or Ballynenoddagh or Moyaliffe [1] ), (died 1560) was the fourth son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald. Nodstown is a townland in the civil parish of Ardmayle in the barony of Middle Third, County Tipperary. [2] Moyaliff is a townland and a civil parish in the barony of Kilnamanagh Upper, County Tipperary. [3]

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Marriage and issue

He was married to Anne, daughter of MacBrien O'Gonagh. [4] Their children were:

  • James Butler, of Nodstown, his heir
  • Richard Butler of Rorane.
  • Philip their heir,
  • Connor,
  • Donogh,
  • Margaret, and
  • Winifred.

Moyaliffe Castle

While this was a Butler castle, it was in the possession of the O'Dwyer clan by 1654 as evidenced by the Civil Survey of that year. While the Butlers had been in occupation, it had been under constant attack by the O'Dwyers and their neighbours, the Ryans. A record from 1500 AD records that Sir Pierce Butler was in possession of the castle and lands of Moyaliffe when a serious territorial quarrel broke out with Turlough O'Brien of the O'Brien dynasty of Thomond, (with whom the O'Dwyers were traditionally allied). The fight reached its climax when Moyaliffe Castle was surrounded by the O'Briens. The Butlers immediately sent reinforcements from their main stronghold of Kilkenny under the leadership of Robert Shea, to relieve their besieged brethren. A desperate battle ensued which resulted in the complete defeat of the Butlers and the fall of Moyaliffe on 6 August 1500. [5]

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References

  1. Note: Armstrongs of Moyaliffe. The Armstrongs acquired Moyaliffe (formerly Mealiffe) in the 1690s. When Thomas Armstrong purchased Moyaliffe House it was apparently just a small stone house built close to the foot of the old moat which still had the remnants of the tumbled castle on top. Eventually the estate was bought by the Land Commission in the 1950s and divided among local farmers. The house itself was sold by the last of the family to live there in 1999. Moyaliff House.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland - Nodestown.
  3. Placenames Database of Ireland - Moyaliff.
  4. Lodge, John: The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, pg 42.
  5. O'Dwyer castles.