David Fitz-James de Barry, 18th Baron Barry, 5th Viscount Buttevant (1550–1617), sided initially with
fitz Maurice, the rebel, in the
1st Desmond rebellion but changed sides and fought against the rebels. He also fought for the crown in the
Nine Years' War.
David had four brothers and five sisters,[3]which are (as far as known) listed in his father's article. David was the de facto 5th viscount as his elder brother Richard, the de jure 5th viscount, was deaf and dumb and was passed over in the succession.
Family tree
David fitz James de Barry with his two wives, his parents, and other selected relatives.[a]
Buttevant was noted for his long and bitter feud with Sir
Florence MacCarthy, the
MacCarthy Mór, whose loyalty to the Crown was always suspect. Buttevant did great damage to his reputation by spreading rumours about MacCarthy's alleged acts of
treason, in particular his links with
Patrick O'Collun, whom Florence MacCarthy had once employed as a fencing master. In 1594 O'Collun was executed for conspiracy to kill Queen
Elizabeth I. As a result, MacCarthy spent much of his later life in custody.
^This family tree is partly derived from the Barry pedigree in Cokayne.[4] Also see the list of children in the text.
Citations
^McGurk 2004, p.
121. "Barry, David fitz James, de facto third Viscount Buttevant (1550–1617), was the second son of James fitz Richard Barry Roe (d.1581) ..."
^Gibson 1861, p.
84, line 9. "There were at this time [15th & 16th centuries] four distinct chieftainships of the Mac Carthys; the Mac Carthys Mor, or lords of Desmond, and their off-shoots, namely, the Mac Carthys Reagh of Carbery, the Donough Mac Carthys of Duhallow, and the Mac Carthys of Muskerry."
^Barry 1902, p.
99, line 31. "James FitzRichard Viscount Buttevant had five sons and five daughters by his wife, Ellen, daughter of Cormac na haoine McCarthy Reagh."
^Cokayne 1910, p.
442, line 31. "He m. [married], 1stly, Ellen, da. [daughter] of David (Roche), Viscount Roche of Fermoy [Ireland], by Ellen, da. of James (Butler), Lord Dunboyne [Ireland]."
^Cokayne 1910, p.
443. "David Barry, s. [son] and h. ap. [heir apparent] by his 1st wife. He m. [married] Elizabeth, 3rd da. [daughter] of Richard, 4th Lord le Powir [Ireland], by Catherine, da. [daughter] and coh. [coheir] of James Fitz John, 3rd Viscount Barry abovenamed. He d.v.p. [predeceased his father], in 1604 or 1604/5]."
^Lodge 1789, p.
294, line 36. "His Lordship's issue by his first wife were one son David, and six daughters ..."
^Burke 1866, p.
25, left column, line 35. "Honora, m. [married] 1st to Gerald FitzGerald, of the Decies, by whom she had no issue; and 2ndly to Patrick Browne, Esq. of Molmnkin. co. Wexford, by whom she had William, Walter, and several daus. [daughters]."
^Edwards 2004, p.
225, left column, line 6. "At some time between 2 and 24 June 1601 Ormond married Helen (d. [died] 1642), daughter of David Barry, Viscount Buttevant ..."
^Lodge 1789, p.
295, line 11. "... married to James Tobin of Kumpshinagh, in the county of Tipperary, Esq."
^McCormack 2009, 4th paragraph. "... and eventually (23 February 1573) he submitted to the lord president at Kilmallock ..."
^Cokayne 1910, p.
442, line 34. "He m. [married], 2ndly, Julia, 2nd da. [daughter] of Cormac MacCarthy, of Muskerry."
^O'Hart 1892, p.
123, right column, line 21. "Julia, who married twice: first, to David Barry of Buttevant; and secondly, Dermod O'Shaughnessy of Gort, in the county of Galway."
^McGurk 2004, p.
122, left column. "With his second wife, Sheelagh, daughter of Cormac MacCarthy of Muskerry, Lord Barry had three more sons and four daughters."