Sir Piers Poer , King's wrad. Was Colonel in Chief of the 700 men sent from Ireland, who served King Henry VIII. in such good stead at the seige of Boulogne, for which he was dubbed knighted, 1544. (Hollinshed, 314). The Irish Builder See: Sir Piers Power, of Curraghmore, Kt., 2nd Lord le Poer and Coroghmore (By Count E. De La Poer, H.M.L., Vice President) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dnapower/history/pie rspoer.htm
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