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  1. Feb 26, 2024 · Tipperary Studies is delighted to present an additional collection of images offering a glimpse into 20th century life in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. https://tippstudiesdigital.ie This photographic collection was generously loaned for digitization by Paddy Loughnane, a native of Thurles. It includes photographs gathered from friends and family ...

  2. thurles.ie › arts-history-culture › black-castleBlack Castle - Thurles Town

    The Black Castle is the historic home of Lady Thurles. Situated in Liberty Square, it is another addition to the many historic places that are in Thurles, the town that is shrouded in history. The Historic Black Castle, in an prime location on Liberty Square, Thurles, County Tipperary, dates from the 16th Century and was home to Lady Thurles ( Elizabeth Poyntz) in the 1660s and 1670s.

  3. Barry’s Bridge in Thurles, Co Tipperary, providing passage over the river Suir, was originally built circa 1650 and was partially reconstructed again circa 1820.Bridge Castle, overlooking this seasonally shallow river crossing, has dominated the Thurles skyline since as early as 1453, built possibly by the Norman invader McRickard Butler of whom history records that he erected, in 1453, two ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ThurlesThurles - Wikipedia

    Thurles (/ ˈtɜːrləs /; Durlas Éile) is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is located in the town.

  5. Jul 27, 2018 · Patrick Comerford. During my visit to Thurles earlier this week [25 July 2018], I went looking for the castle in Thurles that was home for over six decades to Elizabeth Butler, Dowager Lady Thurles, and one of the leading women to engage in politics in Ireland in the 17th century. Elizabeth Poyntz (1587-1673) was a daughter of Sir John Poyntz ...

  6. Sep 1, 2011 · Posted on September 1, 2011 by George. The Bridge Castle in Thurles is situated on the banks of the river Suir. This medieval castle dates back to 1453 during the Norman period in Irish history. It is strategically located on the east side of Thurles and still dominates the town’s skyline today. Click to view our full history of the Bridge ...

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  8. Feb 5, 2018 · The 16th Century Norman ‘Black Castle’ In Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Is To Be Restored. The former ‘Black Castle’, west of Liberty Square, close to the Charles Stewart Parnell carpark, in Thurles, Co. Tipperary; once home of Lord Viscount Thomas Butler & his wife, Lady Viscountess Elizabeth Butler (alias Poyntz), has been sold. The ...