Town of Carrick-on-Suir
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.