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2 unusual facts about Clan Barrett


Clan Barrett

The Barretts then migrated to Ireland with the Norman warlord Strongbow (Richard Le Clare, the 2nd Earl of Pembroke) as hired mercenaries at the end of the twelfth century in the Norman Invasion of Ireland.

The Barrett clan descended from the Normans, and trace their ancestry to a John Baret, mentioned in the Domesday book, who settled in Pendyne in Wales after the Norman Conquest.


Kingdom of Desmond

Most prominent of the Norman families in the area were the FitzGeralds (Earls of Desmond), FitzMaurices, Barrys, Barretts, and Roches.


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