James Butler of Duiske

Duiske.
View from the River Barrow.

James Butler of Duiske (Irish: Séamas de Buitléir an Dubhuisce) was a younger son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and Lady Joan Fitzgerald. In 1576, Queen Elizabeth I of England awarded him the lands of Duiske Abbey which had been confiscated by the Crown.[1]

  1. ^ Burke, John, A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire., Vol 1, pg 501.