Abbeville, County Tipperary (townland)
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.
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 | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Protected structures
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
- "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
- http://www.discoverireland.ie/Arts-Culture-Heritage/lackeen-castle-lorrha/49162
- http://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/monuments-in-state-care-tipperary-north.pdf
- Warner, vii – viii
- 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
- Archived October 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Abbeville House, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
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