John Butler of Clonamicklon (or of Lismalin), (died 1330) was the youngest son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick

Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick

Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and 6th Chief Butler of Ireland was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the second son of Theobald Butler, 4th Chief Butler of Ireland.-Career:...

. In 1306 he moved north from Lismalin and established a junior branch of the family in the Slieveardagh Hills

Slieveardagh Hills

The Slieveardagh Hills are a low range of hills on the County Tipperary - County Kilkenny border, mainly in the barony of Slievardagh. The highest point is Clomantagh Hill at 349 m and the highest point by relative height in the hills is Knocknamuck at 340m with prominence of 268m...

 at Clonamicklon, County Tipperary

County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county of Ireland. It is located in the province of Munster and is named after the town of Tipperary. The area of the county does not have a single local authority; local government is split between two authorities. In North Tipperary, part of the Mid-West Region, local...

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Lands

Lismalin (also known as Lismolin) is a townland

Townland

A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...

 in the civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of the same name. The largest town in the parish is Mullinahone

Mullinahone

Mullinahone is a village in the barony of Slievardagh, South Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.The Irish Census of 2006 recorded the village as having a population of 372.-Location and access:...

. Immediately to the north lies the civil parish of Ballingarry and immediately to the north of Ballingarry lies the civil parish of Buolick in which the townland of Clonamicklon is located. The largest town in the parish is Gortnahoe. The townland of Clonamicklon borders the civil parish of Kilcooly to the east. In the townland of Kilcoolyabbey lies Kilcooly Abbey, close to the border with County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny

County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

. Donagh Carbragh O'Brien, King of Thomond, founded the abbey for Cistercian monks about 1200. John Butler was buried in the abbey. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...

 during the English Reformation

English Reformation

The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....

, the lands were granted to the Earl of Ormond. The lands of this family stretched some fifteen miles between Lismalin on the King’s River

Kings River (Ireland)

The Kings River is a river in Ireland, flowing through South Tipperary and County Kilkenny. It is a tributary of the River Nore.It has its source in the Slieveardagh Hills in South Tipperary. It flows southeast from the hills and crosses into County Kilkenny. It is joined by the Munster River...

 to Kilcooly. All four civil parishes lie in the barony

Barony (Ireland)

In Ireland, a barony is a historical subdivision of a county. They were created, like the counties, in the centuries after the Norman invasion, and were analogous to the hundreds into which the counties of England were divided. In early use they were also called cantreds...

 of Slievardagh

Slievardagh

Slievardagh is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Mullinahone...

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Descendants

By his wife Johanna, he had issue

• Edmond who married Catherine and had issue
• Pierce who was the father of

• James who was the father of another

• James who was the father of another

• James who was married to Margaret and had issue

• Peter (Pierce) who was married to Sibilla and had issue

• James (also known as meaning "James junior") who married a daughter of Baron Dunboyne
  Baron Dunboyne
  The Barony of Dunboyne was created by patent in the Peerage of Ireland in 1541. The barons are alternately numbered from the early 14th century by numbers ten greater than the number dating to the patent...
  
   and had issue

• James who married Honora, the daughter of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory
  Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Upper Ossory
  Barnaby Fitzpatrick was, by patent dated 11 June 1541, created the first Lord Baron Upper Ossory by King Henry VIII of England as part of the King's policy of Surrender and regrant...
  
   (who died before 1561) and had issue.

• Sir James Butler of Lismalin, Knt (d. 1 Nov 1601) who married Ellice, the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond in 1572. They had issue

• Sir Pierce Butler, Knt who was created in 1607 Baron Butler of Lismallon ( Lismalin). By privy seal dated 12 March 1628, he was created “Viscount Ikyrrin” (or Viscount Ikerrin). He married Ellen Butler, the second daughter of Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond.