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This place is situated in Tipperary, Mid West, Ireland, its geographical coordinates are 52° 40' 55" North, 7° 48' 8" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Thurles. See Thurles photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Thurles in Ireland.
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.
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Type: Town with 8,190 residents. Description: town in County Tipperary, Ireland. Categories: human settlement and locality. Location: County Tipperary, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
Thurles is a market town in County Tipperary, Ireland, with a population in 8200. In Irish it's Durlas Éile, "strong fort of the Éile", a tribe or small kingdom that reached its zenith in the 5th century AD. No stronghold remains, and the main reason to visit is Holy Cross Abbey 6 km southwest.
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 castles at Thurles and one at Buaidlic (Boulick).
Thurles is situated in a rich and populous district. It contains the cathedral of the R. C. archbishopric of Cashel, and several convents and colleges. Thurles gives the title of viscount to the Marquis of Ormonde.
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