Tipperary Archive

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Black and white image of the lowere part of one wall of a ruined castle at Rorardstown Upper, Drom, Co. Tipperary. Listed as a Purcell castle in 1640 and as ruined by the Civil Survey 1656. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of the village of Two-Mile-Borris, Co. Tipperary from the fields. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of an ruined tower house in a motte and bailey very overgrown. Gortkelly, Co. Tipperary

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Black and white image of the now disused Protestant Church in Holycross. The church was built in 1821 on the site of an earlier medieval church. The graveyard attached to the church is the oldest in the parish going back to the 12th century. The…

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Black and white image of the ruins of Kilcooley Abbey. The abbey dates from 1182 and was a Cistercian foundation. It became a Butler posession after the reformation and then passed to Alexanders in the 1630s and by marriage to Barkers. Mid 20th…

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Black and white image of a circular stone wall around a slated stone building. There is a view to a tower house across fields. There are a number of recorded ringforts and earthen enclosures in this townland. Ballyknock, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

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Black and white image of a low mound near scrub in Rathmacarthy, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of the entrance to the old catholic church in Holycross. This is St. Michael's and was in use as the Holycross parish church between 1832 and 1975. It is a good example of a rectangular barn church. The church became a community…

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Black and white image of the ruined Holycross Abbey. This was a Cistercian Monastery in Thurles founded in 1169 by King Donal O'Brien of Thomond. It became a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. The abbey fell into ruin following the Cromwellian…

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Black and white image of the ruins of Knockgraffon church. Co. Tipperary. These are the remains of a 13th century church. The townland was once an important settlement with a castle and motte. It is believed to have been an inauguration site for…
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