The Rebellious MacIBrien Sisters

Coat of Arms at the entrance to Killoskehane Castle todayby Derek Ryan

We have seen previously that Onnor MacIBrien married to Lewis Walsh and her sister Slaney MacIBrien married to Teige O'Brien of Thomond were both scheduled for transplantation to Connacht as a result of the 1641 rebellion.

https://thetipperaryantiquarian.blogspot.com/2025/03/civil-survey-notes-monroe.html

However their sister More / Maura MacIBrien was also scheduled for transplantation! More or Maura was married to James Butler of Killoskehane between Borrisoleigh and Templemore.

He owned a tower-house there which is still standing as part of the impressive Killoskehane Castle.

https://www.killoskehane.com/

Their son Theobald Butler is listed as owning it in the Civil Survey.

From - The Civil Survey A.D. 1654–56 vol. ii, county of Tipperary western and northern baronies - Irish Manuscripts - available to download here

If this is correct about Theobald Butler - it may explain how the rebellious MacIBrien Sisters got involved in the rebellion.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Butler-8984

It states that this Theobald Butler was involved in the 1641 rebellion and he was implicated in the incident in Cashel where 11 Englishmen were killed.

O'Dwyer in "The History of the O'Dwyers" states pg 219 "Theobald Butler of Killoskehan and his brother Richard ... The above Commanders reposing themselves that night ..... had not such care over their soldiers as to keep them from the barbarous and inhuman killing of ten of the English neighbours ..... etc"

https://1641.tcd.ie/deposition/?depID=821237r160

If this is true it is likely that the rest of the MacIBrien sister's husbands may have been involved in the 1641 rebellion as well leaving them possibly as widows to carry out afterwards.

More / Maura / Margaret is listed as follows in Simington -

Tipperary - Butler, More (? Maura), alias Bryan - Killoskan - She is allocated 600 acres in Kilmoon Parish in the Barony of the Burren in Co. Clare.

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