¹ I.H.S., xi. 44 (Sept. 1959), pp. 297–315.

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⁸ This description is taken from a contemporary diatribe against O’Connell.

⁹ See Burke’s, L.G. of G.B. & Ir. (1871), 1: ‘Galwey of Lota’Google Scholar; G. J. B. Bennett, The Galweys of Lota. The writer is compiling a historical and genealogical account of all families of the name of Galwey, Gallwey etc. in Munster known to him, and would welcome any relevant information. Address: Sir Henry Blackall, Adah Ghiftlik, Kyrenia, Cyprus.

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¹⁶ See Burke’s L.G.Ir. (1958), p. 132: 4 Blake Butler of Millbrooke’; Sir Blackall, H., ‘The Butlers of co. Clare’, in N. Munster Antiq. In., 4, 4, pp. 108–29, vii, 1, pp. 155–67, and 2, pp. 19–45.Google Scholar Ellen Butler was the writer’s great-aunt. Her brother, William Butler of Bunnahow, was high sheriff in 1863.

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²⁴ There is a MS vol. of county high sheriffs in the Office of Arms, Dublin Castle (G.O. 287) and most county histories contain lists of high sheriffs.