Helen O'Brien (Butler), Countess of Thomond

Helen Butler, Countess of Thomond was born 1523, Dedham, Essex, England (ALT: 1508) She died on 2 Jul 1597 and is buried at St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland. Her married name became O'Brien and she is sometimes known as Ellen.

Parents: youngest daughter of Piers Butler (1467-1539) (8° E. Ormonde) and Margaret FITZGERALD (d. 1542) (C. Ormonde)

Married:

1. around 1533 to Donnchadh "the Fat" MacConchobhair O'Brien (d. 1553), 1st Earl of Thomond, son of Conor O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, and Annabell de Burgh. They had 4 children.

Children:

1. Conchobhar MacDonnchadha O'BRIEN (3° E. Thomond) (b. ABT 1535)
2. Donnchadha Toirdhealbhach O'BRIEN of Fomerla (b. 1553)
3. Tadhg MacDonnchadha O'BRIEN
4. Margaret O'BRIEN

Links

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p3316.htm#i33153
• BUTLER (C. Thomond) Helen Butler, Countess Thomond
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers_Butler,_8th_Earl_of_Ormonde#Marr...

Citations

1. [S1007] Dr. G. Harry McLaughlin, "re: McLaughlin Family," e-mail message from <e-mail address> (Glendale, California, U.S.A.) to Darryl Lundy, 25 January 2004 and 6 April 2004. Hereinafter cited as "re: McLaughlin Family".
2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 229. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

References

• libraryireland.com, The Geraldines: The House of Desmond and The House of Kildare, taken from A History of Ireland, by Eleanor Hull, retrieved 23 April 2010