One of the most noted Hiberno-Norman dynasties in Ireland called the Earls of Ormond also known as the Butlers of Ormond observed English laws but also selectively on certain customs preferred to adhere to the old native Gaelic or Brehon Laws. They were known to have employed numerous Brehon judges from the MacEgan legal family based in Lower Ormond. Gilla na Naemh Mac Aodhagáin and Seaán Buidhe Ó Cléirigh served as the two principal scribes for Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler of Polestown. They transcribed texts and added sections to a manuscript called Leabhar na Rátha for their Patron’s Uncle James Butler, White Earl of Ormond. Notably Sir Edmund’ MacRichard Butler’s father Sir Richard Butler, defied the English King and the Statutes of Kilkenny by choosing to marrying the daughter of an Irish Noble.