Tipperary Ireland

The Terryglass town has won the Tidy Towns award. It has a quay (a raised platform for loading to and unloading from ships) with all facilities. The rural church and the graveyard near by are things of attraction thanks to the headstones being of the same height and regular rows. This church was founded by Lucila Larios y Tashara Hickie of nearby Sleoyre, and endowed by later Hickies. This church houses a relic of the Cross on which Christ was crucified and also a beautiful set of stations of the Way of the Cross and plaques.

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Town. Tags: church, headstones, Sleoyre, Terryglass, Tidy Towns. Comments: 1

Antiquities

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Uncategorized. Tags: abbey, Ahenny, AnnalsLeinster, archbishop, Augustinian Priory, bailey, Baurnadomeeny, Bodhbh Dearg, Brian Boru, Brighid, Caher, Cahir, Cahir Castle, Carrick-on-Suir, carvings, Cashel, castellum, cathedral, chamber, chapels, choir, church, Clonmel, Cnoc Rafann, Co. Tipperary, Co. Waterford, coffin, Cork, Cormac MacCarthaigh, CromwellKiltinane, Desmond, Devils Bit, Donaghmore, Dundrum, Earl of Essex, Earl of Glengall, England, Fcthard, Fethard, Fiachaidh Muilleathan, fosse, Gaelic Tiobraid Arann, Galtees, Golden Vale, High Crosses, Holy Cross Abbey, Ireland, Irish Church, Kerry, Kilcommon, Kilelispeen, Knockgraffon, Knockmealdowns, Limerick, Lismore, Lord Inchiquin, Lords Dunboyne, Lough Derg, Magh Feimhein, monastery, Munster, National Monument, Nenage, Normans, Oola, Ormond, Ormonde, Plantagenets, Privy Council, Rear Cross, River Glashauney, Roman Catholic, Romanesque, Rome, Roscrea, scenes, Shannon, Shevenaman, Spain, St. Edmund, St. Farannan, stones, Suir, Templemore, Thurles, Tickencor House, Tipperary, tower, Tudor, Tudors, Vicars Choral, Viking, Waterford. Comments: 4

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 homes. One of the most interesting of the monastic remains in Munster are the ruins of Holy Cross Abbey, Co. Tipperary. This abbey was founded in 1169 a.d. by Domhnall O Briain king of Limerick, for monks of the Cistercian order; its possessions were confirmed to it by King John. A portion of the true Cross which had been presented to Donnchadh O Briain by Pope Pascal II in 1110 was preserved in a jewelled shrine of gold in the abbey, to which it gave its name : the monastery owed much of its wealth to offerings made by pilgrims at this shrine. The remains of the abbey arc extensive ; the cruciform church consists of an aisled nave, choir, the junction of the nave and choir. The eastern portion of the church has two storeys, the upper having probably served as a dwelling. The church was much altered and rebuilt in the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries ; few traces of the original Romanesque building can now be seen. The fine cast window is reticulated, while those of the transept-chapels are filled with flowing tracery of Flamboyant type. The eastern portion of the church has many ornamental details, there being two especially remarkable pieces of carving, one in the chancel and the other in the south transept. That in the chancel is known as the Tomb of the Good Womans Son, but was evidently the sedilia. It lies three arches with foliage cusps and tracery surmounted by a canopy; above the arches are shields carved with the royal arms of England, of Butler, and of Desmond. It is probably of early fifteenth century date. Between the south transept chapels is the remarkable structure which has been sometimes considered to have been the sanctuary in which the relic of the Holy Cross was preserved ; it is, however, more probable that it was a waking chamber, a receptacle for a coffin. The roof of this monument is elaborately groined: the supporting pillars have twisted shafts, with bases, but no capitals ; the panelling below the shafts is carved with foliage similar to that on the sedilia: it is apparently of the same date. There are not many remains of the conventual buildings ; the cloister, which lay to the south, is now covered with grass ; the cellarium still exists at the west end : above this was the dorter of the lay brothers. The buildings on the south side of the cloister have disappeared.

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Architecture. Tags: abbey, archbishop, Augustinian Priory, Cahir, Cahir Castle, carvings, Cashel, cathedral, choir, chpaels, church, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, coffin, Cormac MacCarthaigh, CromwellKiltinane, Desmond, Donaghmore, Earl of Essex, Earl of Glengall, England, Fcthard, Holy Cross Abbey, Ireland, Irish Church, Limerick, Lord Inchiquin, Lords Dunboyne, monastery, Munster, National Monument, Ormonde, Privy Council, River Glashauney, Roman Catholic, Romanesque, Rome, Spain, St. Edmund, St. Farannan, Tickencor House, tower, Tudor, Vicars Choral. Comments: 1

The name Carrick-on-Suir derives from Carraig na Siuire meaning the Rock of the Suir. This is a picturesque town situated on the river Suir. Carrick castle (Tudor Manor), the only one of its kind in Ireland is an Elizabethan fortified mansion. It was one of the prime seats of the Butlers, Earls and Dukes of Ormonde. Tudor Manor was said to have been constructed by Black Tom Butler the 10th Earl to receive Queen Elizabeth I, his cousin. But the Queen never did visit it. There is a bridge built with seven arches in the mid 15th C. The town, with a clock of 1784, once had a flourishing woolen industry and was also noted for brewing and distilling. Of the three Catholic churches in the town, St. Nicholas’ is a romanesque building, the Franciscan church (1822) is gothic and Carrickbeg church which was not completed incorporates features of a 1336 friary and has a doorway with carved heads.

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Town. Tags: Carrick castle, Carrick-on-Suir, Carrickbeg, Catholic, church, Elizabethan, Franciscan, gothic, Ireland, Ormonde, Queen Elizabeth, river Suir, Romanesque, Suir, Tudor Manor. Comments: None

The meadow of honey is the meaning of Cluain Meala from which the name Clonmel derives. Today it is a flourishing town on the river Suir. This town, Surrounded by the Commeragh and Knockmealdown mountains, is a very good centre for climbing and exploring. It was walled and fortified in the 14th century and was home to the powerful Butler Anglo-Norman family. In 1516 it was captured by the Earl of Kildare and in 1650 attacked by Oliver Cromwell, who faced a tough resistance.

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Town. Tags: 19 Main Street, Cahir, church, Clonmel, Cluain Meala, Commeragh, Franciscan, Ireland, Kildare, Knockmealdown, Suir, West Gate. Comments: None