Earl of Barrymore was a title in the
Peerage of Ireland. It was created for David Barry, 6th
ViscountButtevant, in 1627/28.[1] Lord Barrymore held the subsidiary titles of Baron Barry (created c. 1261) and Viscount Buttevant (created 1541) in the
County of Cork in Ireland. After the death of the 8th
Earl in 1823, all these titles became extinct.[2]
^Robert Beatson, "A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland", Third edition, London 1806, Volume III, pg 289.
^Cf. Letters Patent for the Earldom of Barrymore 1626/27. In: Frederick Arthur Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica, vol. X, Private Printing, London 1899, pp. 84–85