David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore

David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore (1605–1642), 6th Viscount Buttevant from 1617 to 1628, was a Protestant native Irish peer. He died of wounds received at the battle of Battle of Liscarroll in September 1642.

David Barry
Earl of Barrymore
Tenure1628–1642
SuccessorRichard, 2nd Earl of Barrymore
Born10 March 1605
Died29 September 1642
BuriedYoughal
Spouse(s)Alice Boyle
Issue
Detail
Richard & others
FatherDavid de Barry
MotherElizabeth Power

Birth and origins

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Family tree
David Barry with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
Ellen
Roche
David Barry
5th Viscount

1550–1617
Julia
MacCarthy
David
Barry

d. 1604
d.v.p.*
Elizabeth
Power
David
1st Earl
Barrimore

1605–1642
Alice
Boyle
Martha
Lawrence
Richard
2nd Earl

1630–1694
Dorothy
Ferrar
Laurence
3rd Earl

1664–1699
Martha
Lawrence
James
4th Earl

1667–1748
Elizabeth
Savage
Legend
XXXSubject of
the article
XXXViscounts Buttevant
Earls of Barrymore
*d.v.p. = predeceased his father (decessit vita patris)

David was born on 10 March 1605, probably at Buttevant, County Cork, a posthumous child of David de Barry and his wife Elizabeth Power. His father was an heir apparent who never acceded. David's grandfather was David de Barry, 5th Viscount Buttevant. The Barrys were an Old English family who had come from Wales at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland.

His mother was a daughter of Richard Power, 4th Baron le Power and Curraghmore.

Early life and marriage

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He succeeded as 6th Viscount Buttevant on 10 April 1617 on the death of his grandfather. Through Cork's influence, he was created Earl of Barrymore on 28 February 1628

Marriage and children

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In 1631 Buttevant, as he was now, married Alice Boyle, daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, by his second wife, Catherine Fenton.

Irish wars

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During the 1641 rebellion, he quite naturally sided with the Crown upon whom his title and lands depended. When the rebellion spread into Munster, he fought vigorously against the insurgents. 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. On 16 May, he lost Barrymore Castle at Castlelyons, his seat, to Maurice Roche, Viscount Fermoy and Donough MacCarty, 2nd Viscount Muskerry.[2]

He led a regiment at the Battle of Liscarroll in September 1642. He died two weeks later on 29 September 1642 at his house in Castle Lyons probably of wounds received at the battle.[3][4][5] He was buried in the Boyle Vault, Youghal, County Cork, by his grieving father-in-law, Richard Boyle.

 
Barrymore Castle at Castlelyons

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ This family tree is partly derived from the Barry pedigree in Cokayne.[1] Also see the list of children in the text.

Citations

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  1. ^ Cokayne 1910, p. 435–447. "Barry pedigree"
  2. ^ Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 107, right column. "On 16 May Muskerry and Lord Roche captured and then pillaged Castle Lyons (though Barrymore was allowed to escape unharmed)."
  3. ^ 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."
  4. ^ 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 ..."
  5. ^ Armstrong 2009, 2nd paragraph, penultimate sentence: "He died 29 September 1642 apparently from wounds received in battle at Liscarrol ..."

Sources

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Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Barrymore
1628–1642
Succeeded by
Preceded by Viscount Buttevant
1617–1642