Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
Detail of
Speed's map of Dublin, 1610.
"23" is Dublin Castle.
Cork House
would be about where the "15" is, just outside Dublin Castle.
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork,
"The great Earl of Cork", born 1566.
See
wikipedia.
He
mar 1stly, 1595, to
Joan Apsley [born 1578]. No issue.
Joan died 1599.
He built
Cork House, Cork Hill,
Dame St, Dublin, 1600.
He
mar 2ndly, 1603, to
Catherine Fenton
[descendant of
Edward III,
see
descent
by Ed Mann,
see
descent
by George Larson].
He was cr Earl of Cork in 1620.
Catherine died 1630.
Massive monument to her dated 1631 in
St.Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Boyle was
Lord Treasurer of Ireland 1631-1643.
He died 1643.
He was
bur
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal, Co.Cork.
Massive monument to him there.
Portrait in
[NGI].
He
had issue by 2nd wife:
- Alice Boyle, born 1607.
She mar David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore
[descendant of William de Barry
and of Edward I].
They had issue:
- Ellen Barry,
mar Sir Arthur Denny
and had issue.
- Catherine Barry,
mar Edward Denny
and had issue.
- Joan Boyle, born 1611.
She mar George Fitzgerald, 16th Earl of Kildare
and had issue.
-
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork,
born 1612.
- Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, born 1621.
He was granted
Ballymaloe Castle, Co.Cork, in 1657.
He
had issue:
- Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery,
had issue:
- Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, born 1674.
He was a patron of the sciences.
The "orrery"
(a mechanical model of the solar system)
is named after him.
He
died 1731.
He had issue:
- John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery and 5th Earl of Cork.
He succ as 5th Earl of Orrery 1731.
See his letters in 1735.
He succ as 5th Earl of Cork 1753.
He died 1762.
- Robert Boyle,
born 1627, Lismore Castle, Co.Waterford.
The father of chemistry
(and indeed of experimental science).
He devised "Boyle's Law"
about the pressure of a gas.
He was a pioneer of the idea that
disease may have natural causes.
(The older idea, shown in the Bible, is that
disease is caused by sin
or by demons or witches.)
He died 1691, London, age 64 yrs.
He was bur St Martin in the Fields, London.
Grave does not survive.
Thought to be
David Barry, 1st Earl of Barrymore, 1636
(though apparently there is some doubt).
From
thepeerage.com.
Robert Boyle.
From here.
Boyle monument,
St.Patrick's Cathedral,
Dublin.
In the SW corner.
(In the SW door on the left.)
Where the shop is now located.
Boyle monument, St.Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Photo 2012.
See
larger
and
full size.
From
James A. FitzSimmons.
Used with permission.
See
notice beside it.
Partial view of upper level.
Photo 2006.
From here.
Used with permission.
Detail of upper level.
See full size.
Photo 2006 by
Lyn Gateley.
From here.
See terms of use.
Detail of lower level.
Photo 2006.
From here.
Used with permission.
Boyle monument,
Boyle Chapel,
South Transept,
St Mary's Collegiate Church,
Youghal, Co.Cork.
Tomb of 1st Earl of Cork, St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal.
Photo 2019.
See
full size.
See
wider shot.
See
shot outside chapel.
See
2009 shot.
From
Geograph.
Tomb of 1st Earl of Cork, St Mary's Collegiate Church, Youghal.
Photo 2019.
See full size.
See
close-up.
See
family tree
(which starts at the top with the 1st Earl).
Sources yet to be consulted
