Walter Butler of Nodstown (or Ballynenoddagh or Moyaliffe), (died 1560) was the fourth son of

James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond and 2nd Earl of Ossory ( – 1546), known as the Lame ( Irish: ''Bacach''), was in 1541 confirmed as Earl of Ormond thereby ending the dispute over the Ormond earldom between his father, Piers Butler, 8th Earl ...

and

Lady Joan Fitzgerald Joan Fitzgerald, Countess of Ormond, Countess of Desmond ( Irish: ''Siobhán Nic Gearailt'') (died 1565), was an Irish noblewoman and heiress, a member of the Old English FitzGerald family, who were also known as the "Geraldines". She marrie ...

. Nodstown is a

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in the

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of Ardmayle in the

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of Middle Third,

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. Moyaliff is a townland and a civil parish in the barony of

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, County Tipperary.

Marriage and issue

He was married to Anne, daughter of MacBrien O'Gonagh. Their children were: * Pierce Butler, of Nodstown. He was only two years old at his father's death. He married Ellen, daughter of Thomas Purcell, Baron Loughmoe. He died on 21 February 1627 and was buried in nearby

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. They had a son and two daughters: :* James Butler, of Nodstown, his heir :* Richard Butler of Rorane. * Joan Butler, who married John O'Dwyer of Dundrum,

(who died in January 1627). Their children were: :* Philip their heir, :* Connor, :* Donogh, :* Margaret, and :* Winifred. * Ellice or Elizabeth Butler, who first married John Sherlock of Mothe, County Waterford. They had a son Patrick and other children. Her first husband died on 25 May 1587. She secondly married Sir Edward Gough, by whom she had a son and a daughter. Thirdly she married Sir Laurence Esmonde, who was created Baron Esmonde of Lymbrick,

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on 20 May 1622; they had no children.

Moyaliffe Castle

While this was a Butler castle, it was in the possession of the O'Dwyer clan by 1654 as evidenced by the Civil Survey of that year. While the Butlers had been in occupation, it had been under constant attack by the O'Dwyers and their neighbours, the Ryans. A record from 1500 AD records that Sir Pierce Butler was in possession of the castle and lands of Moyaliffe when a serious territorial quarrel broke out with Turlough O'Brien of the

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, (with whom the O'Dwyers were traditionally allied). The fight reached its climax when Moyaliffe Castle was surrounded by the O'Briens. The Butlers immediately sent reinforcements from their main stronghold of

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under the leadership of Robert Shea, to relieve their besieged brethren. A desperate battle ensued which resulted in the complete defeat of the Butlers and the fall of Moyaliffe on 6 August 1500.O'Dwyer castles.
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16th-century Irish people Younger sons of earls Year of birth unknown

Marriage and issue

Moyaliffe Castle

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