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Historic Black Castle, home of Lady Thurles has been purchased by a Boherlahan financier. The former ‘Black Castle’, once home of Lord Viscount Thomas Butler and his wife Lady Viscountess Elizabeth Butler (alias Poyntz), situated west of Liberty Square, in Thurles, Co. Tipperary has been sold.
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Nov 27, 2013 · The Thurles Castle Hotel, a former Chippendale pub that also re-emerged at various times as a café and commercial office space, has now been converted into a place of shelter and community for older people who were either homeless or at risk of homelessness. The facility is currently home to 10 clients, with the remaining five places expected ...
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 ...
Jul 11, 2020 · 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 ...
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.
The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church. The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and ...
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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. She had been married to Thomas Butler of the house of Ormonde. She died in 1673 and is buried in the Ladyes Chapple in St Mary’s, Thurles. She is the ...
