Info on Butler Estates in Wicklow

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http://www.countywicklowheritage.org/page_id__24_path__0p4p10p.aspx

http://www.from-ireland.net/county-wicklow-genealogy/

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James Butler is also my ancestor. Apparently, he was brother to Thomas Butler who spawned most of the "Fighting Butlers' of the Revolutionary War. I'm a descendant of James' son John who was also a Fighting Butler with his cousins.

I have had no luck locating anything on "The Butler Estate" or "Coolkeny" but James' brother Thomas, it would seem, was born in [County] Wicklow. And I found this link which notes that Coolkeny is likely a corruption of Coolkenna: https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Butler-Patriarch-of-The-Fighting-But… (note you have to sign up to read the full listing).

Also noted is this: "The DNA of direct descendents of Thomas Butler b. 1720 and James Butler b. 1718 is NOT a match, therefore disproving that they had the same fathers. Mary Butler Arnold" which makes me wonder if either James or Thomas was illegitimate.