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David Roche
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David Roche, fifth Lord Roche of Fermoy, was one of the Norman-Irish magnates of the Blackwater, and his daughter Jane married the fifteenth Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw. The Roche country on that river is the same stretch of north Cork that turns up elsewhere in this family's records.
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✓ DOCUMENTED as to the relationship (Burke's LANSDOWNE lineage): DAVID ROCHE, 5TH LORD (VISCOUNT) ROCHE OF FERMOY - father of Jane (m. 15th Baron Kerry). The Roches of Fermoy: Norman-Irish magnates of the Blackwater - the same river as Castle Hyde. Pedigree recoverable (Burke's FERMOY). Direct ancestor. Added 21 Jul 2026.