page_title: De Barry family
section_title: Family seat
hierarchical_section_title: De Barry family / Ancestry / Family seat
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary in Buttevant, taken in the period 1880–1900 by Robert French, a photographer who worked for William Lawrence in Dublin, see http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000041386
context_page_description: The de Barry family is a noble family of Cambro-Norman origins which held extensive land holdings in Wales and Ireland. The founder of the family was a Norman Knight, Odo, who assisted in the Norman Conquest of England during the 11th century. As reward for his military services, Odo was granted estates in Pembrokeshire and around Barry, Wales, including Barry Island just off the coast.
  Odo’s grandson, Gerald of Wales, a 12th-century scholar, gives the origin of his family's name, de Barry, in his Itinerarium Cambriae: "Not far from Caerdyf is a small island situated near the shore of the Severn, called Barri, from St. Baroc …. From hence a noble family, of the maritime parts of South Wales, who owned this island and the adjoining estates, received the name of de Barri."
  Many family members later assisted in the Norman invasion of Ireland. For the family's services, King John of England awarded Philip's son, William de Barry, extensive baronies in the Kingdom of South Munster, specifically the defunct Uí Liatháin kingdom with its late seat at Castlelyons.
context_section_description: Barryscourt Castle near Carrigtwohill was the seat of the Barry family from the 12th century until 1617 when they removed to Barrymore Castle in Castlelyons. In 1771, the 6th Earl saw Barrymore Castle burn to the ground. The family fortunes were subsequently dissipated by his issue, the 7th and 8th Earls.
  The name of the town of Buttevant is believed to derive from the family's battle cry – Boutez-en-Avant, roughly translating as "Kick your way through".
caption: St Mary's Church, Buttevant 1832-1836
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