David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore

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David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore, 19th Baron Barry, 6th Viscount Buttevant (1604–1642) was an Irish peer.

Birth and Origins[]

David was born on 10 March 1604 probably at Buttevant, County Cork, a posthumous child of David de Barry and his wife Elizabeth Power. His father had been the 5th Viscount Buttevant. His mother was a daughter of .

Early life and marriage[]

He succeeded to the Buttevant estates on 10 April 1617 on the death of his grandfather.

In 1631 he married the Lady Alice Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, by his second wife, Catherine Fenton. Through Cork's influence he was created Earl of Barrymore on 28 February 1628.

Irish wars[]

During the 1641 rebellion, he sided with the Crown upon whom his title and lands depended. On 10 May 1642 he stormed the Castle of Ballymacpatrick (now Careysville), near Fermoy, which was held by his grand-aunt, and hanged forty of the rebel leaders before breakfast. He led a regiment at the Battle of Liscarroll in September 1642. He died two weeks later on the 29 September 1642 at his house in Castle Lyons probably of wounds received at the battle.[1][2][3] He was buried in the Boyle Vault, Youghal, County Cork, by his grieving father-in-law, Richard Boyle.

Citations[]

  1. ^ Harrison & Barry 2004, p. 121, left column, line 20: "Barrymore was, as is supposed, wounded, for he died later the same month, on 29 September."
  2. ^ Harrison 1885, p. 313, right column, line 35: "Barrymore was, as is supposed, wounded, for he died later the same month, on 29 September, in the thirty-eighth year of his age ..."
  3. ^ Armstrong, "Barry, David Fitz-David", 2nd paragraph, penultimate sentence: "He died 29 September 1642 apparently from wounds received in battle at Liscarrol ..."

Sources[]

  • Armstrong, Robert. "Barry, David Fitz-David". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 24 April 2021. – (online edition)
  • Harrison, Robert (1885). "Barry, David Fitz-David, first Earl of Barrymore (1605–1642)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 3. New York: MacMillan and Co. p. 313. OCLC 8544105.
  • Harrison, Robert; Barry, Judith Hudson (2004). "Barry, David fitz David, first earl Barrymore (1605–1642)". In Matthew, Henry Colin Gray; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 4. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 120–121. ISBN 0-19-861354-7.
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Barrymore
1628–1642 		Succeeded by
Richard Barry
Preceded by
David de Barry 		Viscount Buttevant
1617–1642
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