Battle of Piltown.

In 1462, Piltown was the setting for a fierce battle known in history as "The Battle of Piltown," a battle with more than local significance. It involved two prominent Anglo-Norman ruling families, the Ormonde Butlers and the earls of Desmond or Fitzgeralds. James Butler was Governor of Ireland, he spent much In 1462, Piltown was the setting for a fierce battle known in history as "The Battle of Piltown," a battle with more than local significance. It involved two prominent Anglo-Norman ruling families, the Ormonde Butlers and the earls of Desmond or Fitzgeralds. James Butler was Governor of Ireland, he spent much of his time away in England on King's business, during his absence the Desmonds began to attach Ormonde territory. In the War of the Roses, in England, which centred on control of the British monarchy, James Butler was on the losing side, the Lancastrians. He was beheaded aged 40, leaving two brothers attainted. In 1462 Edmund MacRichard Butler of Paulstown in the County of Kilkenny, was appointed deputy principal governor of Ormonde possessions by John Butler, heir of James. This was the 30th of January 1462.

John Butler de jure arrived into Waterford where he captured the son of the earl of Desmond and imprisoned him. The earl of Desmond arrived in the Suir Valley on his way to Waterford city, at Piltown he was confronted by Edmund MacRichard Butler. A bloody battle ensued, beginning at the site of the present Tower at the entrance to the village of Piltown, continuing in a southerly direction to Tybroughney, ending at Ardclone, where the belfry of the 1798 Catholic church stands in the old graveyard. The Butlers were defeated, one of the manuscripts taken from Edmund MacRichard was Psalter of Cashel, which is a copy of a work by Cormac mac Cullenan, King Bishop of Cashel, which he had copied for Edmund MacRichard. It contained genealogies, the Calandar of Aengus and Cormac's Glossary, which was the first comparative dictionary written in Europe. It is known to scholars as Laud 610.

the Desmonds began to attach Ormonde territory. In the War of the Roses, in England, which centred on control of the British monarchy, James Butler was on the losing side, the Lancastrians. He was beheaded aged 40, leaving two brothers attainted. In 1462 Edmund MacRichard Butler of Paulstown in the County of Kilkenny, was appointed deputy principal governor of Ormonde possessions by John Butler, heir of James. This was the 30th of January 1462.

John Butler de jure arrived into Waterford where he captured the son of the earl of Desmond and imprisoned him. The earl of Desmond arrived in the Suir Valley on his way to Waterford city, at Piltown he was confronted by Edmund MacRichard Butler. A bloody battle ensued, beginning at the site of the present Tower at the entrance to the village of Piltown, continuing in a southerly direction to Tybroughney, ending at Ardclone, where the belfry of the 1798 Catholic church stands in the old graveyard. The Butlers were defeated, one of the manuscripts taken from Edmund MacRichard was Psalter of Cashel, which is a copy of a work by Cormac mac Cullenan, King Bishop of Cashel, which he had copied for Edmund MacRichard. It contained genealogies, the Calandar of Aengus and Cormac's Glossary, which was the first comparative dictionary written in Europe. It is known to scholars as Laud 610.