Baron Cahir is a title in the Peerage of Ireland

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

. It was created in 1542 for Thomas Butler

Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir

Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir was the son of Thomas Butler of Cahir and Catherine Power. He was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 10 November 1543, by the title of Baron of Caher. He married Eleanor Butler, fifth daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond...

 who was a descendant of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond. Descendants later became Viscounts Cahir and Earls Glenarm. Cahir

Cahir

Cahir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. The town is best known for its castle and the Swiss Cottage. It is in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.-Location and access:...

 is a town in the barony

Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony is a historical subdivision of a county. They were created, like the counties, in the centuries after the Norman invasion, and were analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. In early use they were also called cantreds...

 of Iffa and Offa West

Iffa and Offa West

Iffa and Offa West is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Cahir...

, South Tipperary

South Tipperary

South Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 52% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

. It is famous for Cahir Castle

Cahir Castle

Cahir Castle , one of the largest castles in Ireland, is sited on an island in the river Suir. It was built in 1142 by Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond...

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First creation

• Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir
  Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir
  Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir was the son of Thomas Butler of Cahir and Catherine Power. He was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 10 November 1543, by the title of Baron of Caher. He married Eleanor Butler, fifth daughter of Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormond...
  
  , son of Thomas Butler of Cahir
  Thomas Butler of Cahir
  Thomas Butler of Cahir was the great-grandson of James "Gallda" Butler who was the third son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond.-Marriage and issue:He married Catherine Power. He had two sons:...
  
  . His brother Piers would supply later barons when his own line failed to produce male heirs.
• Edmund Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir
  Edmund Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir
  Edmond Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir was the son of Thomas Butler, 1st Baron Cahir and the grandson of Thomas Butler of Cahir. The title became extinct upon his death but was revived in favour of his first cousin, Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Cahir .-References:...
  
  , son of the 1st Baron who died without issue.

Second creation

• Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Cahir, son of Piers Butler and nephew of the 1st Baron. He died in 1596 having had six sons of whom the three elder were Thomas, Piers and Edmund.

• Thomas Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir, son of the 1st Baron. Died without male issue in 1627.

• Thomas Butler, 3rd Baron Cahir, son of Piers Butler, nephew of the 2nd Baron and grandson of the 1st Baron.

• Pierce Butler, 4th Baron Cahir, grandson of the 3rd Baron. Pierce's father, Edmund, predeceased the 3rd Baron. He died in 1676 without male issue.

• Theobald Butler, 5th Baron Cahir, the son of Edmund who was the third son of the 1st Baron. He succeeded on the extinction of the line of the 1st Lord's second son. He died in 1700.

• Thomas Butler, 6th Baron Cahir, son of the 5th Baron.

• James Butler, 7th Baron Cahir, son of the 6th Baron who succeeded in 1744 and died without issue in 1746.
• Pierce Butler, 8th Baron Cahir, brother of the 7th Baron. He died without issue on 10 June 1788, ending the line of Theobald.

• James Butler, 9th Baron Cahir, son of Richard Butler of Ballinahinch (or Ballynahinch) who was the grandson of the above Edmund, (i.e. Richard was the great-grandson of the 1st Baron). He was in India at the time of his predecessor's death and so never received the news of his elevation as he died a month later in July 1788.

• Richard Butler, 10th Baron Cahir, son of the 9th Baron, who was created in 1816 the Viscount Cahir and Earl of Glengall. He died in 1819.

• Richard Butler, 11th Baron Cahir, (and 2nd Earl of Glengall) who was the only son of the 10th Baron (and 1st Earl).

Earl of Glengall

The title of Earl of Glengall was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1816. The Earl also used the subsidiary titles of Viscount Caher (1816) and Baron Caher (1583), both in the Peerage of Ireland.

• Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Glengall and 10th Baron Cahir ( 1775- 1819), was the son of the 9th Baron.
• Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall and 11th Baron Cahir ( 1794- 1858). The titles became extinct at the death of the second Earl who was buried in the Church of Ireland church in Cahir
  Cahir
  Cahir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. The town is best known for its castle and the Swiss Cottage. It is in the barony of Iffa and Offa West.-Location and access:...
  
   (John Nash (architect)
  John Nash (architect)
  John Nash was a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London.-Biography:Born in Lambeth, London, the son of a Welsh millwright, Nash trained with the architect Sir Robert Taylor. He established his own practice in 1777, but his career was initially unsuccessful and...
  
  ).

External links

• Butlers of Cahir.