De la Poer (Power) of County Waterford

De la Poer (Power) of County Waterford

Tracking the history of the de la Poer or Power dynasty, reputedly from Brittany, who became prominent in Ireland in the medieval period (despite some hefty criminals in the clan) and fetched up as Earls of Tyrone, a title that passed by marriage to the Beresford...

The Bunbury’s First Irish Connection

THE BUNBURY’S FIRST IRISH CONNECTION SIR WILLIAM STANLEY, LISMORE CASTLE & THE GUNPOWDER PLOT Thomas Bunbury of Stanney (1542–1601), father of the first Sir Henry Bunbury, is the first known member of the Bunbury family to have had any involvement with Ireland....