John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory

John Fitzpatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory, in County Cork Ireland

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Ossory - County Cork - Ireland

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Decended from Barnaby Fitzpatrick 1st B. Upper Ossory, who took an oath of allegiance to King Henry VIII on October 8 1537. He was one of the first in Ireland to do so and as a reward, he was knighted on June 11 1541. He married Margaret Butler, daughter of Earl Butler the Lord Deputy of Ireland.

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Henry VIII - October 8 - 1537 - June 11 - 1541 - Earl Butler - Lord Deputy of Ireland

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• Sir John Fitzpatrick gained the Earldom in 1714
• In 1878 his descendants are recorded as possessing no less than twenty-two thousand acres (89 km²) of the best land in Ossory
 
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