Tullaherin

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Tullaherin
Irish: An Tulaigh Thirim
Civil parish
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Tullaherin Monastic site
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Tullaherin
Coordinates: 52°35′N7°08′W / 52.58°N 7.13°W / 52.58; -7.13
CountryIreland
County Kilkenny
Barony Gowran

Tullaherin (Irish : An Tulaigh Thirim) is a civil parish and townland in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1]

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History

Tullaherin townland is the site of a number of historical archeological remains, including a round tower, an 11th-13th century ruined church and two ogham stones. Kilbline Castle, a 16th-century tower house, also lies within the civil parish.

The Tullaherin round tower stands 22.5 m high and was probably built in the 11th century. The cap is missing and the top 3 m are a second phase of masonry. It is reported that the tower was struck by lightning in 1121, causing a stone to fall, killing a student in the church. [2] Most probably it was after this date that the top was rebuilt on the same principle as Clonmacnoise with eight windows instead of the usual four. [3]

The present church at Tullaherin was built about 1840. [4] [note 1] The Tullaherin Folk Museum can be viewed at the old parochial residence. The museum was established in 1981 by Duchas and the Tullaherin Heritage Society. [6]

Further reading

Notes

  1. ↑ "The church being dedicated to St. Kieran, the name, Tullaherin, was generally supposed to signify the height of Kieran; but it was sometimes pronounced and spelled Tullaherim, which would mean the dry hill, a term certainly descriptive of its peculiar situation, it being elevated ground nearly surrounded by a marsh." [5]

References

  1. ↑ "An Tulaigh Thirim / Tullaherin". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Meehan, Cary (2004). Sacred Ireland. Somerset: Gothic Image Publications. p. 357. ISBN   0 906362 43 1.
  3. ↑ Brian Lalor: The Irish Round Tower: origins and architecture explored. Page 175. Collins Press 1999. ISBN   1-898256-64-0
  4. ↑ Murphy, Murphy; Cassin, Mary. "Tullaherin". In the Shadow of the Steeple. 1: 9. ISSN   0791-2048.
  5. ↑ "JOURNAL Vol. 3: by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland." Originally published 1857. Published by Forgotten Books 2013. PIBN 1000746047. Page 87.
  6. ↑ "Tullaherin Local Museum, County Kilkenny". About Ireland.


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