Abbeville, County Tipperary
Abbeville
Baile an Phíopaire | |
|---|---|
Townland | |
 Lackeen Castle in Abbeville townland (near Lorrha) in County Tipperary | |
  Abbeville Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°05′32″N 8°07′25″W / 53.0922°N 8.1235°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Abbeville (Irish: Baile an Phíopaire)[1] is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the Civil parish of Lorrha.
Protected structures
[edit]Lackeen Castle is a tower house built in the 12th century as a Kennedy stronghold.[2] It is a national monument in state ownership.[3] It was here that the Lorrha Missal was found.[4][5][6]
Other buildings within this townland that appear on North Tipperary County Council's Record of Protected Structures (ref S1-S4) [7] and include a number of private houses (including the 17th or 18th century Lackeen House), and a former RIC barracks turned pub located on the R438 road.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Visit Lackeen Castle Lorrha with Discover Ireland". Discover Ireland.
- ^ "National Monuments in State Care: Ownership & Guardianship" (PDF). www.archaeology.ie. 4 March 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Warner, vii – viii [full citation needed]
- ^ Wallace, 234
- ^ Wallace, Patrick F; O Floinn, Raghnall (eds). Treasures of the National Museum of Ireland: Irish Antiquities, 2002, Gill & Macmillan, Dublin, ISBN 0-7171-2829-6
- ^ "Appendicies". www.tipperarynorth.ie. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Abbeville House, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 22 May 2013.