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Membership of the first confederate supreme council, June–July 1642

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Richard Butler, Viscount Mountgarret, Leinster
Nicholas Preston, Viscount Gormanston, Leinster
Nicholas Netterville, Viscount Netterville, Leinster
William Fleming, baron of Slane, Leinster
Barnaby Fitzpatrick, baron of Upper Ossory, Leinster
David Rothe, bishop of Ossory, Leinster
Sir Edward Butler, Leinster
Sir Richard Barnwell, Leinster
Piers Butler, Leinster
Philip Hore, Leinster
Richard Bellings, Leinster
Christopher Nugent, Leinster
Robert Talbot, Leinster
James Cusack, Leinster
Rory O’Moore, Leinster
Heber MacMahon, bishop-elect of Down and Connor, Ulster
Turlough O’Neill, Ulster
Sir Richard Butler, Munster
Gerald Fennell, Munster
George Comyn, Munster
Oliver Stephenson, Munster
[Fr Nicholas French, Leinster?]
[Fr Richard Synnot, Leinster?][Fr Nicholas Shee, Leinster?]

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Membership of the first confederate supreme council, June–July 1642

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