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Roscrea Castle
Like many Norman fortifications of the 13th Century Roscrea Castle as we know it today started life as a motte and wooden tower Built in 1213 this temporary structure became known as King John s ...
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Mount St. Joseph Abbey
Mount St Joseph is a Cistercian monastery and second level college located two miles west of Roscrea The monastery was established in 1878 after the estate on which it was built was purchased for the ...
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Cormac's Chapel
The Chapel named after Cormac Mac Cárthaigh the king of South Munster who commissioned it is one of the earliest and best preserved examples of early Irish Romanesque architecture Consecrated in 1134 ...
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The Rock of Cashel
An image of the Rock of Cashel is something that every Tipperary person and others from further afield will always hold in their memory The monument s vivid history is reflected in the magnificence of ...
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Hore Abbey
This was the last Cistercian Abbey to be founded in Ireland in medieval times It was originally built by the Benedictines They however were evicted from the site by Archbishop David McCarvill who in a ...
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The Square, Ballaghadereen
The Square, Ballaghadereen
This Woolstone Bros. postcard, taken in the thirties, of the uncluttered Square in Ballaghaderreen, is sepia in colour. The horse/donkey and cart is still the chief mode of transport. Note the milk churns on the cart on the right, possibly coming from the creamery. The two storey block that was Monica Duff and Co., is to the left background. The Dillon family built up the business from small beginnings. In 1880 the MonDuf brand was on almost every grocery and household product on the market. The Dillons were the biggest employers in the area. The imposing three storey building in the centre is that of the Dillon House. It was built c.1780, and altered in the late 1870's, when the third storey was added. Here were entertained among others, Anthony Trollope, Charles Stewart Parnell and his sisters Fanny and Anna, Michael Davitt, and William O'Brien M.P.
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The Bridge, Boyle
The Bridge, Boyle
Posted from Mainistir na Buaille in November 1952 costing 4d, Jack BF complains that whilst he is "still roaming around Ireland and England" he is "getting tired of the rain"! There appears to be some slight variations in the buildings compared to the Lawrence photo taken some fifty years previously. The Frybrook House gatelodge to the left of the photo has lost it's windows and is in a worse state of repair than the Lawrence version. The Coleman's Egg Exporters building has acquired an embellishment on it's gable end, as well as corner stones. Cunningham's Hotel also has acquired a new fifty's look modern name which goes right around the building. A further sign of the times are the additional electric wires and poles anchored on the bridge.
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Loughmoe Castle
... that illuminated the top rooms There are many mullioned windows each containing six eight or twelve panels The Castle also houses some fine large fireplaces and the most ornate and interesting of ...
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The Convent, Roscommon
The Convent, Roscommon
The scene caught on camera by William Lawrence in the early 1900's shows the west facing aspect of the convent and chapel in Roscommon town. The detached two storey building in the middle of the card was later adjoined to the main complex, which included an individual school and laundry. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1859, and was completed in 1861. The tower alas is no longer part of the Convent. The three story building in the background is the Primary school and is actually on the other side of the road, on land adjoining the Sacred Heart Church. This is just visible in the right background of the image, with its four stage tower.
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McDermot's Castle, Lough Key, Boyle
McDermot's Castle, Lough Key, Boyle
This is a colour tinted postcard of McDermot's Castle, Lough Key, Boyle. Carrig Mac Diarmada, or Rock stands on a small island in Loch Key. This rock has a romantic, but sad story associated with it, the story of Una Bhan or Winifred the only daughter of Charles Mac Dermot, the last of it's chieftains. A young man named MacCostelloe, fell in love with Una. However, her father refused to allow her to marry into the MacCostelloe tribe. The MacCostelloes attacked the fortress. Una who was locked in a room to prevent her escape, became ill and died. Her body was buried on Trinity Island. The story goes that MacCostelloe swam every night to Una's grave, and he too became ill, and finding that he was near death, sent a last request to MacDermot, that he be laid to rest beside his beloved Una. The chief granted this favour, and on his death, his body was placed beside that of his amour Una.