Gilbert Butler was our mother’s father. He lived at Scatorish, Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, and farmed at nearby Annamult, Drumherin and Burnchurch. He was president of the President of the Royal Dublin Society in 1975-1976, during which time he opened the RDS pavilion, and also a past president of the Irish Dairy Shorthorn Society. He was closely involved with the National Farmers Association. He was a brother of the essayist Hubert Butler of Maidenhall.
Subscribe for Unlimited Access to Turtle’s History Quarter.
Includes content from Vanishing Ireland, Easter Dawn, Dublin Docklands, The Irish Pub, Maxol and many more, as well as Waterways Ireland, the Past Tracks project and hundreds of historical articles on Irish families, houses, companies and events.
