James Butler (1942–2020) was a distinguished Kilkenny farmer and family historian who managed his ancestral farm at Scatorish and Burnchurch, descended from the Butlers of Dunboyne. Renowned for his quiet humour, deep knowledge, and generosity, he farmed in Tanzania in the 1960s, later becoming an agriculturalist, a leader of the Ormonde Military History Society, and chairman of the Butler Society.
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