 In 1621, Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormond forfeited the liberty by Quo Warranto.In 1662, after the Restoration, James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde was again granted palatine jurisdiction, this time including all the lands formerly in Cross Tipperary as well as those of the earlier grant.The letters patent making the grant stated that upon the 1621 seizure "the barony of Owny and Arra and divers other towns, villages, and townlands, scattered through the various baronies of the County Tipperary, and called the County of the Cross of Tipperary, were annexed to the County of Tipperary, and made part and parcel of the said County".