churches historical tipperary

The Catholic Church has the eminent Cork sculptor John O'Connell 's plaque and bust for Fr thomas Mary Kinane who undertook major renovation at the turn of the century.

Cashel's square has a fountain erected to commemorate his services 'in connecton with the Cashel extension railway, 1904' ....

The church is unique, having corrugated iron walls and roof, three falleries, a stained glass rose window in each gable and representations of two saints not usually the objects of Irish country devotion - Thomas Aquinas and William. the names coincide with the first names of the priest donors....

Killodiernan Church of Ireland church, the imposing stone gateway to the former Peterfield estate, its gate lodge, where an industry produces quality fretwork plaques, and where traditional music evenings are held in summer.

A signpost directs you to some romanesque features in church ruins. The Church of Ireland church with a typical square tower, was originally built in 1811, but the entrance porch and altar area were added later....

This 13th century church stands on an island in the middle of a bog where St. Ruadhan of Lorrha founded a monastery in the 6th century. The church, which may incorporate parts of an older church, has a nave and chancel with lancet windows, and a decorative piscina.

The west wall of some (15th century) domestic buildings remain. In 1980, a valuable hoard of religious vessels, including a chalice, a paten and a ladle were discovered in the vicinity of the church; these are now in the Na...

Little is known of the history of this church other than that it was dedicated to St. Farannan. The saint exiled himself from here to the Continent where he died at Waser on the Meuse in 982. the church consists of a nave and chancel, with finely ornamented west doorway and chancel arch.
,br> The door has good Romanesque decoration, a hood above it, and is said to have contained a tympanum with a cat with two tails (probably a lion). Above the chancel arch, which has well-preserved capi...

An interesting collection of medieval monuments comprising a fine motte and bailey, a church and a castle. The motte was built by the English of Leinster beside the River Suir when they were on a raid against Donal Mor O'Brien, King of Thomond, in 1192. It was given by the King to William de Braose, but later taken from him and granted to philip of Worcester.

Nearby is a ruined 13th century nave-and-chancel church with an east window inserted in the 15th century. A few hundred yard...

In 1147 the Cistercian order founded an abbey, having been granted about 8,500 acres by the then King of Munster, Donal Mor O Brien. The Abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1540 and its lands confiscated and leased to the Cahir branch of the Butler family.

The present Church was built on the old abbey site in 1818/1819 by local builder Thomas Tinsley, whose work can be seen in many churches and houses in South Tipperary. An old doorway of Romanesque style is the only remnant of the...

Ballyporeen in whose cruciform church (1828) a Michael Reagan, great-grandfather of USA President Ronald Reagan , was baptised on 3 September 1829. a handsome parish publication traces roots.

A pub flourishes the President's name - beside the owner's name in gold lettering over a Victorian corner door. Templetenny Cemetery, burial place of the Reagans , is worth a visit....

Two churches still standing on an old monastic site founded by St.. Mochoemog who died in 655. The smaller church is the older of the two, though its date is unknown. The west doorway and the east window have been restored, but the door was probably flat-headed. The church has antae. The larger church was begun in the 12th century, but this church was later considerably altered.

The north and east walls of the chancel are the oldest parts of the present church, and they formed part...

The Catholic Church has inside the gate an octagonal stone font with two sections .

The Celtic Cross was erected in the grounds in 1870 in memory of Fr Nicholas sheehy, one of the five people hanged in Clonmel in 1776 on perjured evidence for an alleged murder.

The shaft in the mode of the early Christian high crosses, bears a wide range of religious cum nationalist themes including the Good Samaritan , and Daniel O'Connell with the Catholic Emancipation Act. St Patrick...