The tomb of Richard Butler 1st Viscount Mountgarret (died 20th December 1571), St. Canice's Cathedral.
Richard Butler, 2nd son of Piers and Margaret Butler 8th Earl of Ossory. The Butler Shield quartered and with a crescent indicates that he was the second son.
Kilkenny, Ireland
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Title: St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny - Tomb of Richard Butler
Author: Rae, Edwin
Issue Date: 2008
Description: Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny: St. Canice's Cathedral: Tomb of Richard Butler, Viscount Mountgarret, 1571
Appears in Collections: TRIARC - Edwin Rae Collection (Digital Image Collection)
Inscription above effigy of 1st Viscount Mountgarret, St.Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny,
listing his parents, Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde, and Margaret Fitzgerald, dau of 8th Earl of Kildare