
What is recorded here
William Francis Butler is a birthplace in Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland. Perhaps he first noticed the shape of distance on that autumn day, learning how far a body can travel before it wants to stop. Maybe the town gave him no warning about the dangers of curiosity, only the quiet confidence of a child born inside it. Imagine him growing up with rooms full of air and roads full of possibility, ready to carry Tipperary into every strange place he would later touch.
Why this person is known: Irish British Army officer, writer and adventurer (1838–1910)
- Birthplace
- Golden
Places near here
GoldenSettlement cluster · 89 yd
mill (water)mill (water) · 122 yd
Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacramentchurch/chapel · 129 yd
Cliff-edge fort in Mantlehill GreatCliff-edge fort · 1325 yd
Hore AbbeyHeritage attraction · 3.7 mi
Dundrum Woods (Marl Bog)Forest · 5.1 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 5.1 mi
I.R.A. 3rd. Tipperary Brigade MemorialMemorial · 7.0 miOther information
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