norrnan

Updated: January 17, 2026

These go back to the early Norrnan days, long before Edward III. made James Butler Earl of Ormonde, upon his marriage with Alianore of England, granddaughter of Edward I. The Butlers came into Ireland with Henry II., and John gave them estates, the charters of some of which, with the seals annexed, are here preserved.

William Henry Hurlbert - Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888)