library cashel

The Library is a simple structure, recently renovated by GPA. It was built in 1836, by William Tinsley, a Clonmel builder- architect, who executed many commissions in Co Tipperary, including the re-modelling of the square in Cahir. He emigrated to the USA in 1851, where his major work included University Halll (Madison, Wis.) and the Ohio Institute for the Education of the Blind (Columbus, Ohio). The Library was founded by Theophilus Bolton, Archbishop of Cashel (1730-44) and comprises a ve...

The Bolton Library, situated in the historic town of Cashel, houses an impressive collection of antiquarian books and rare manuscripts dating from the 12th century. Silver exhibition, also show of altarware that was used in the original cathedral on the Rock of Cashel....