Tipperary Archive

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Fr Philip Fogarty _029.jpg
Black and white image of a circular stone wall around a slated stone building. There is a view to a tower house across fields. There are a number of recorded ringforts and earthen enclosures in this townland. Ballyknock, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Fr Philip Fogarty _024.jpg
Black and white image of an ruined tower house in a motte and bailey very overgrown. Gortkelly, Co. Tipperary

Fr Philip Fogarty _011.jpg
Black and white image of Rahelty Castle, a large tower house with rounded corners. Once the property of the Purcells of Loughmoe and described in the Civil Survey (1656) as a castle out of all repair. The tower house is four stories high and stood in…

Fr Philip Fogarty _009.jpg
Black and white image of the rear of Black Castle or Thurles Castle. A 15th century tower house built by the Butler family around 1453 to replace the 12th century motte (now gone) about 30 meters North of the tower. It was originally surrounded by a…

164E River Suir and Ballynahinch Castle from near Poulmakeorish, 8 Oct 1926.jpg
Black and white image of Ballynahinch Castle. This is a ruined 16th century Ormond tower house with bawn on the banks of the Suir. 8 October 1926

146E Ballymacady Castle, near Bansha, 14 June 1924.jpg
Black and white image of the ruined tower house, Ballymacady Castle near Bansha, Co. Tipperary. 14 June 1924

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Black and white postcard of a view over the village of Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny. No date

CashPostcards_018.jpg
Black and white postcard of a ruined tower house at Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny with a man and a sheepdog standing in front of it. No date

139F Quinn's Castle, Loughloher, near Cahir, 6 Aug 1923.jpg
Black and white photographic image of a ruined towerhouse, Quinn's Castle near Cahir, Co. Tipperary. 6 August 1923

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A black and white postcard showing the ruined 16th century Kilcash Castle, Co. Tipperary. A stronghold of the Butler family in Tipperary. Postmarked Dec 30 1908
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