Antiquities The dolmens of Co. Tipperary have been studied in some detail. They number twenty-five, seven of which arc in a fair state of preservation. The principal group is in the hilly district surrounding the village of Kilcommon. It is situated about 10 miles north of Dundrum station and twelve miles north-east of Oola station. Here can be seen the remains of eleven dolmens in a more or less ruined condition, and the sites of four others, spread over a tract of land ... Read More

Previous to the dissolution of the monasteries there were close on one hundred religious foundations in the province of Munster. Many of these were communities of importance; their ruins add much to the picturesqueness and interest of the province. In spite of the Reformation Ireland remained substantially a Roman Catholic country, and in many cases small bodies of monks faced the danger of persecution and returned in the seventeenth century to Ireland, leading a furtive existence amid the ruins of their former ... Read More

The name Tipperary is a derivative of Tiobrad Arann meaning the Well of Ara. Situated on the main Limerick- Cashel road, this is a market town in the heart of the Golden Vale. King John built a castle here by the end of the 12th century, and the town grew into an Anglo-Norman residential area. An Augustinian Friary was founded in the 13th century. What ever remains today in this area is the chancel arch, which stands on the property of the ... Read More