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 / 53.0922; -8.1235
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Tipperary
Time zoneUTC+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

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

  1. ^ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Visit Lackeen Castle Lorrha with Discover Ireland". Discover Ireland.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Warner, vii – viii
  5. ^ Wallace, 234
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ "Appendicies". www.tipperarynorth.ie. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Abbeville House, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 22 May 2013.