Catherine Davys

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Davy's daughter by Martha Boyle died young; he wished to provide for his step-daughter, Catherine MacCarthy. At the same time he wished his house, St. Catherine's Park, Leixlip which he had bought and greatly improved, to remain in the Davys family. His will contained the curious condition that whichever son of his brother John married Catherine should inherit. His nephew Paul married her, duly inherited, and after Justin MacCarthy's death had the title Lord Mountcashel revived.[11]

Citations

• 11. Ball, F. Elrington (1926). The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921. 1. London: John Murray London. Page 358.

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1. A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct ...  By Sir Bernard Burke. Page 161. "DAVYS, VISCOUNT MOUNTCASHEL.". Sir Paul Davys, Knt., Viscount MOUNTCASHEL, married Catherine McCarty, daughter of Callaghan, Earl of Clancarty, and had by her two sons, James & Edward, and 2 daughters, Elizabeth & Margaret.