David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore 1604-1642

In or before 1604 [his father] David Barry and [his mother] Elizabeth Power were married. They were fourth cousins.

Around 1604 [his father] David Barry died.

On 10th December 1604 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore was born to David Barry and Elizabeth Power.

On 10th April 1617 [his grandfather] David Barry 5th Viscount Buttevant [aged 67] died at Barryscourt Castle. His grandson David [aged 12] succeeded 6th Viscount Buttevant.

On 21st July 1621 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 16] and Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 54] and Catherine Fenton Countess Cork [aged 36].

On 28th February 1628 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Barrymore. [his wife] Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 21] by marriage Countess Barrymore.

On 15th August 1630 George "Fairy Earl" Fitzgerald 16th Earl of Kildare [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Joan Boyle Countess Kildare [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 63] and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.

On 4th November 1630 [his son] Richard Barry 2nd Earl Barrymore was born to David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 25] and [his wife] Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 23].

On 5th July 1635 [his brother-in-law] Richard Boyle 2nd Earl Cork 1st Earl Burlington [aged 22] and Elizabeth Clifford Countess Burlington [aged 21] were married at Skipton Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Burlington. She the daughter of Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland [aged 44] and Frances Cecil Countess Cumberland [aged 42]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 68] and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork.

On 21st July 1641 Charles Rich 4th Earl Warwick [aged 26] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Boyle Countess Warwick [aged 15] were married at the Church of St Nicholas Shepperton. Her father strongly disapproved due to her husband's lack of fortune. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Richard Boyle 1st Earl Cork [aged 74] and [his mother-in-law] Catherine Fenton Countess Cork. He the son of Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick [aged 54] and Frances Hatton Countess Warwick.

On 10th May 1642 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 37] stormed Ballymacpatrick Castle [now Careyville Castle], Fermoy, County Cork hanging forty of the rebels before breakfast.

On 29th September 1642 David Barry 1st Earl Barrymore [aged 37] died from wounds in Castlelyons, County Cork. He was buried in Youghal, Cork. His son Richard [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Earl Barrymore.

In 1667 [his former wife] Alice Boyle Countess Barrymore [aged 60] died.