Butler Gallery, Kilkenny

Butler Gallery, Kilkenny

The duty of the arts to bring inspiration and good cheer to the people. Opened in a new venue in 2020, Butler Gallery in Kilkenny is the biggest addition to rural Ireland’s cultural portfolio in recent times. The gallery is named for Peggy Butler, whose husband Hubert...
William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke (1147-1219) – The Greatest Knight

William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke (1147-1219) – The Greatest Knight

William Marshal was the most powerful Anglo-Norman lord to come to Ireland. A jousting champion, die-hard crusader and pre-Machiavellian tactician, he survived the turbulent courts of four Plantagenet Kings to become Regent of England, Lord of Leinster and the richest...
Bunbury of Kilfeacle & Shronell, County Tipperary

Bunbury of Kilfeacle & Shronell, County Tipperary

The Bunburys of Kilfeacle and Shronell, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, descend from Mathew Bunbury (1675-1733), fourth son of Benjamin Bunbury (1642-1707) of Killerig, County Carlow, and includes the family of Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Henry Sadleir Prittie, 1st Baron...