Robert Ievers of Ballylusky

Robert Ievers of Ballylusky George Ievers of Athlacca’s eldest son Robert Ievers of Ballylusky and Castle Ievers was married twice. His first wife, whom he wed on 19th January 1747, was Mary Parsons of Cragbeg (Craigbeg) in County Limerick. Robert was made a Freeman...

Colonel John Augustin Ievers (1737 – 1791)

COLONEL JOHN AUGUSTIN IEVERS (1737 – 1791) FORMATIVE YEARS Colonel John Augustin Ievers was born on 28th December 1737, the eldest son of Colonel Henry Ievers by his marriage to his cousin Elizabeth Fitzgerald. At the time of his birth, the landscape where Mount...

George Ievers (c. 1757-1808) of Mount Ievers

George Ievers (c. 1757-1808) of Mount Ievers George was the fourth son of Robert and Mary Ievers of Castle Ievers. He narrowly avoided death as a child when a small pox epidemic swept through the family home, killing his sister Mary. His mother Mary, one of the...
Butler of Castlecrine, County Clare, and Grallagh, County Tipperary

Butler of Castlecrine, County Clare, and Grallagh, County Tipperary

From Grallagh Castle’s ruined tower to the scaffold at Limerick, the Butlers of Castle Crine trace their line to Wild Piers Butler of Tipperary. His descendants commanded Confederate forces, endured Cromwellian confiscations, and, through transplantations and decrees...

Eyre Ievers (1797-1860) of Mount Ievers

Eyre Ievers (1797-1860) of Mount Ievers Born on 1st March 1797, Eyre Butler Ievers of Glanduff Castle, Co. Limerick. was the youngest of six sons (with four daughters) born to George and Elinor Ievers of Mount Ievers. He took the name ‘Butler’ from his mothers’...