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William Francis Butler

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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)

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