Ellice Barry
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Ellice Barry was a daughter of William, Lord Barry of the great Cork house of Barry Mor, by Ellen de la Roche - Buttevant and Fermoy in one cradle. She married Thomas, Earl of Desmond, and lived the nightmare of Anglo-Ireland: her husband taken from a parliament he had summoned and beheaded at Drogheda in 1468. Her son James rebuilt the earldom, and this line descends through him.
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✓ ELLICE (Ellen) BARRY, da. of WILLIAM BARRY, Lord Barry (Barry Mor / later Viscounts Buttevant) by Ellen de la Roche; wife of Thomas 7th Earl of Desmond (beheaded 1468); mother of James Earl of Desmond (our line). Brings in the BARRY lords of Buttevant, co. Cork. Standard well-documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities (web-confirmed 7 Aug 2026); contested rungs note-only, not hardened.