Fethard

797 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Fethard, from 4 m² to 92,840 m² (9.28 ha, 22.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 43 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2Existing Residential (Existing residential)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 569 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• M2Town / Village Centre (City/Town/village Centre, central area)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 76 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1Amenity (Open space, park)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 29 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• P1Agriculture
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• C2.1Employment and Enterprise (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 13 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• R1New Residential (New/proposed residential)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Social and Public (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Tipperary County Development Plan 2022_2028 Settlement Plans, Tipperary · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 18 Aug 2026N/a

  renovations to include 1. two new bay windows and changes to the front door ope and canopy type porch with two new front columns on the ground floor front elevation, new sliding sash type windows to the 1st and 2nd floor front elevation, 2. alterations to rear elevation to include demolition of the existing rear extensions and construction of new steel balcony at 1st floor level with access doors to same from the first floor and alterations to existing window and door opes as shown on the plans provided, 3. existing external plaster to be hacked down and new lime render external plaster to be provided throughout

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660804

• 2 Jul 2026N/a

  a dwelling house, entrance driveway, treatment system and all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2660638

• 20 May 2026N/a

  a) the construction of a stable barn consisting of 6 no. stables with feed & tackroom including ancillary horse walker, haybarn & dungstead; b) to reconfigure existing agricultural vehicle entrance; c) to install underground effluent seepage tank including landscaping and all associated siteworks & services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660475

• 18 May 2026N/a

  a) Construct stable barn consisting of 6 no. stables with feed & tackroom including ancillary horse walker, haybarn & dungstead. b) Reconfigure existing agricultural vehicle entrance. c) Install underground effluent seepage tank including landscaping and all associated siteworks & services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660458

• 1 May 2026N/a

  a) Construct stable barn consisting of 6 no. stables with feed & tackroom including ancillary horse walker, haybarn & dungstead. b) Reconfigure existing agricultural vehicle entrance including landscaping and all associated siteworks & services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660390

• 23 Apr 2026Conditional

  construction of front lobby to the existing shop and for retention of the solar panels on the roof and Retention Permission of the new signage on the canopy, including all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660350

• 6 Apr 2026Conditional

  the conversion and modifications to existing garage to accommodate a two-storey dwelling indefinitely and all associated site development works

  Retention, 1 home · Tipperary County Council, 2660301

• 4 Feb 2026Conditional

  the constructed extension to the side of the dwelling house, including all associated site development works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2660081

• 8 Jan 2026Conditional

  the construction of a 2-storey laboratory building with veterinary staff offices, storage rooms, plant room, bin store, 2no. overnight bedrooms for veterinary nurses, canteen and all ancillary site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2660013

• 30 Nov 2025Conditional

  as built first floor extension and permission for a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2561234

• 14 Nov 2025N/a

  as built first floor and a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling with associated site works

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2561155

• 3 Oct 2025Conditional

  a) Construction of a new 2-storey clubhouse facility comprising of 2no. changing rooms, showers, toilet facilities, a referees’ room, a meeting room, a medical/store room and multi-purpose room; b) Demolition of existing spectator stand; c) Construction of new spectator stand; d) Installation of new hurling wall; e) Installation of a footpath and low-level; Perimeter fencing around the existing GAA pitch; f) Relocation of the existing electric scoreboard; g) Relocation of existing ball stop net; h) All associated site development works (the site is bounded to the south by Fethard Town Walls, which is a Protected Structure TRPS1743 (Tipperary County Development Plan 2022-2028))

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560990

• 23 Sept 2025N/a

  a) the construction of a new 2-storey clubhouse facility comprising of 2 no. changing rooms, showers, toilet facilities, a referees’ room, a meeting room, a medical/store room and multi-purpose room; b) demolition of existing spectator stand; c) construction of new spectator stand; d) installation of new hurling wall; e) installation of a footpath and low-level perimeter fencing around the existing GAA pitch; f) relocation of the existing electric scoreboard; g) all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560949

• 5 Sept 2025Conditional

  the installation of an ATM to the front elevation and alterations to the shopfront and signage to suit and the replacement/repair of rain water goods and all necessary associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560873

• 22 Aug 2025N/a

  a two-storey extension to the rear of dwelling, demolish existing rear extension, make modifications to existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560820

• 23 Jul 2025N/a

  the construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of my dwelling, make modifications to existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560721

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  the changes to previously approved planning permissions (Planning Ref no. 22/60289 & 23/60796) for a Primary Care Centre at this site. The changes consist of the following: a) the omission of an on-site roundabout in place of a connecting road, b) the relocation of mechanical plant to the roof of the main building, c) the provision of louvred screens on the roof of the main building to screen mechanical plant

  Retention · Tipperary County Council, 2560581

• 2 May 2025N/a

  the change of use of land to allow for short term parking of motorhomes, including construction of sluice point, mains drainage connection, landscaping, signage and associated site works. Proposal is located in an Architectural Conservation Area and in the curtilage of a Protected Structure

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560377

• 10 Apr 2025N/a

  a two-storey building to accommodate 4 no. two-bed apartments, 4 no. one-bed apartments and all associated site development works including driveway, footpaths and connection to public services

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2560306

• 19 Dec 2024N/a

  the demolition of an existing kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and roof located at the rear of dwelling and the construction of a two-story extension to rear of existing dwelling consisting of a kitchen/living room, 3 bedrooms & bathroom, and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461129

• 18 Dec 2024Conditional

  change of use of existing ground floor retail unit- change from retail shop to residential use to incorporate new living room, bedroom and shower room

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461110

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  retention indefinitely the as constructed single-storey extension to the rear of dwelling and permission to construct a single-storey extension to the side of dwelling, make minor alterations to the existing dwelling and all associated site development works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461081

• 7 Dec 2024N/a

  demolition to rear of dwelling, construction of a two-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, consisting of a kitchen / living room, 3 bedrooms & bathroom and all associated site works

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2461059

• 16 Nov 2024Conditional

  the construction of a garage to the rear of the existing house

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460983

• 8 Nov 2024N/a

  construction of a garage to the rear of the existing house

  Permission · Tipperary County Council, 2460957

The 25 most recent of 89 applications.

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Moneypark, Fethard 000966

Recorded monuments

• TS070-012 House - 17th century
  Description

  This is a five-bay two-storey house (ext. dims. 17.32m N-S; 8.7m E-W; wall T 0.6m) over half-basement and with attic under a pitched roof. It may date to the late 17th or early 18th century and was extended and extensively remodelled in 1796 by Richard Morrison for Reverend Francis Benson (McParland, Rowan and Rowan 1989, 90-91). A pitch-roofed two-bay single-storey over basement addition to the N was added in 1968, with a gable-fronted addition further N and in the mid-20th-century flat-roofed extensions were added to the N and S return. It has a pitched slate roof with gabled dormer window to front and rendered end chimneystacks. The walls are rendered with a cut limestone string course between the half-basement and ground-floor level. The basement (wall T 0.72m) has a shot hole within a circular embrasure, evidence of an early defensive feature as it is now blocked by the steps. The wide chimneystacks on the gable, the return to the rear, and the relative lack of depth in the plan are all typical of a 17th-century building. The irregular placement of the windows is due to very thick interior walls, which may also indicate an early origin. The tall elegant proportions of the windows, with their small panes, however, are typical of the neo-Palladianism of the 18th century. It is probable that these windows were enlarged during the 1796 remodelling, when the main entrance is thought to have been elevated from the ground to the first floor, creating a half-basement, which would explain why, unusually, they are taller than the door. The cantilevered elliptical timber staircase, now the focal point of the house, also appears to date to this remodelling. (www.buildingsofireland.ie) Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 November 2013

• TS070-040 Historic town
  Description

  In the valley of the Clashawley River which flows along the S side of the town, outside the town wall. Two bridges (TS070-040017-; TS070-040018-) crossed the river giving access to the town, one at the W end leading to Madam’s Gate and the other at the SE end leading to Water Gate. There were three other gates into the town, North Gate, Pierce’s or Wicket Gate in the NE and East Gate. Though documentary evidence is lacking as to when Fethard was established, in 1208 William de Braose, one of King John’s chief tenants in Tipperary since 1201, claimed Fethard as 'his borough' (Reg. St. John Baptist, Dublin, 298). Following a dispute between King John and de Braose in 1215 Fethard was re-granted to the archbishops of Cashel (Laffan 1906, 143). The parish church of St. John (TS070-040001-), now Holy Trinity Church, and its graveyard (TS070-040044-) occupies a large portion of the southern area of the town and dates to the 13th century. Later in the 13th century, in 1292 the town received a seven-year murage grant to facilitate the building of town defences (TS070-040032-) (Cal. doc. Ire., 1285-1292, No. 1015). In 1306 an Augustinian Friary (TS070-040004-) was founded outside the walls by Walter de Mulcote (Cal. Justic. Rolls Ire., Ed. I 1305-07, 237, 310). In the late 14th century, in 1375 Edward III gave permission for a ten-year murage grant to the town (Chart. privil. immun., 71). This was followed by murage grants in 1409, 1449 and 1468 (Cal. Pat. and Close Rolls, Hen. II - Hen. VII, 189, No. 25; Stat. Ire., Hen. VI, 176; Stat. Ire., 1-12 Edward IV, 497), the latter following the burning of Fethard in that year by Gerald FitzGerald, brother of Thomas, the executed Earl of Desmond (Othway-Ruthven 1980, 393). In the 15th century a building (TS070-040002-) known as ‘Edmond’s Castle’ was built onto the town wall in the SE angle of the church precinct, and a large tower house (TS070-040005-), currently known as Fethard Castle, was built on Watergate Street. Both these buildings have first-floor entrances to their residential quarters facing into the church precinct. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539-40, an extent was made in 1541 concerning the friary, which was granted to Edmund Butler, Baron of Dunboyne in 1544 (White 1943, 239; Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 300). In 1553 Fethard acquired a charter granting the borough a corporation comprising a sovereign, provost, burgesses and commonalty, with all the power and liberties of Kilkenny (Laffan 1906, 143). The town is recorded as having a tholsel in 1596 (Cal. Pat. Rolls Ire., Eliz. 359). This building would have had several functions, such as a guildhall and meeting place for merchants, a customhouse and a courthouse. A map of 1708 shows two buildings in the middle of Main Street near the market place, one of which was the tholsel (TS070-040103-). Evidence for this building was uncovered during archaeological excavations in 2012 (Pollock http://www.excavations.ie/report/2012/Tipperary/0023527/ downloaded 15/11/2014). Pollock (ibid.) also uncovered evidence that the northern street line of Main St. was originally further S than it appears today. In 1607/8 Sir John Everard obtained a charter for Fethard from King James whereby the town was made and created a corporation and body politic, comprising a sovereign, 12 burgesses and one portrieve (Laffan 1906, 146). The Everards were a prominent family in Fethard throughout the 17th century. Clear evidence of the patronage of this family survives in the form of an almshouse (TS070-040003-) endowed in 1612 by John Everard, now known as the town hall, and a second (TS070-040011-) externally attached to the S of the town wall. An inquisition of 1635 relating to Everard property belonging to the borough of Fethard lists ‘3 castles, 84 messuages or tenements’, probably within the town as well as ‘100 great gardens, 2 mills, 400 acres arable land, 20 acres meadow, 200 acres pasture, 100 acres wood’ surrounding the town (Everard 1989, 537). In the mid-17th century, during the turbulence following the 1641 Rebellion and subsequent Cromwellian campaign, Fethard remained relatively unscathed, surrendered first to Lord Inchiquin in 1647 and then to Cromwell in 1650, receiving unusually favourable conditions from the latter (O’Donnell 2010, 64-73). A list of proprietors in Fethard in 1641-63, records 66 houses in the town belonging to just 20 individuals (Gallwey 1980, 5-8). Of these, four were Everards, four Hacketts and three Vins (ibid.). The housing stock consisted of 52 thatched houses, 13 stone houses, one slate house and two castles, one of which was described as ‘ruinous’ (ibid.). In 1665, during the reign of King Charles II, a property tax was introduced based on the number of hearths in a house. The returns for 1665 list 48 proprietors, most of whose houses had one hearth, though Sir Redmond Everard had 6 and 10 proprietors had two (Laffan 1911, 73). This could refer to the number of fireplaces in one house or to a number of properties, each with one hearth. The 1665-7 returns for the parish of Fethard list 101 proprietors with hearths at this time, the 14 wealthier inhabitants having two or more hearths (ibid.). ‘Sir [R]Edmond Everard’ had 16 hearths, a good number of which were no doubt in his large mansion (TS070-040019-) on Main Street (ibid., 113). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040001 Church
  Description

  S of the eastern end of Main Street and within the town wall (TS070-040032-), which kinks out to form its southern boundary. The medieval parish church was built along the edge of the old river terrace c. 1208 (Reg. St John, 294) and dedicated to St John the Baptist. In 1208 William de Braose made a grant of property in Fethard to the Hospital of St John the Baptist without the New Gate, Dublin who were Fratres Cruciferi or Crouched/Crutched Friars. In 1305/06 the prior of the Hospital surrendered the duty to provide pastoral care (the vicaria) to the archbishop of Cashel but retained the rectoria or rectory, with the monetary entitlements that entailed (ibid.). The rectory remained part of the Hospital’s possessions until the Dissolution in 1540 (Irish State Papers SP65, vol. 2). Recorded in the Ormond Deeds, a case concerning a bigamous marriage was heard by the Bishop of Ferns in the parish church in 1479 (COD III, 236-8). Sometime following the Reformation the church was rededicated to Holy Trinity, though it may have fallen out of use for a short time as in 1543 the chancel is described as being in disrepair (Fiants, Hen. VIII, 43). By 1544 the last prior of the Hospital of St John the Baptist in Dublin, Sir Thomas Everard, had become vicar of Fethard. Presumably the church became Anglican and its loyalty to the Crown was displayed on an armorial plaque (TS070-040093-) bearing the arms of Henry VIII. The Royal visitation of 1615 describes the chancel as in good repair (Butler 2006, 282; Murphy 1912, 286). A portable altar stone, found in the 19th century but now missing, is inscribed in Latin and translated reads, ‘Mr. Paul Hacquet, Vicar of Fethard, had this altar made [in] 1636’ (Vigors 1891, 488-9). The church, of roughly coursed limestone construction, consists of a nave (dims 25.5m x 6.05m) and chancel (dims. 13.9m x 7.25m), the former with side aisles (Wth 2.9m), separated from the nave by pointed arches on plain square columns, probably 13th in date. The nave is divided into four bays, the easternmost of which is now used as the sanctuary. Arches running N-S across the side aisles, further articulate the bay divisions. The remains of a round-headed, blocked-up doorway can be seen in the external wall of the S aisle, a carved human head terminates one side of the hood-moulding. This elevation also shows evidence of lime-washing. There is a small stair-turret at the E end of the nave which in former times would have given access to the rood loft. The remains of a side chapel (dims. 13.23m x 5.38m) lie to the S of the former nave, this has a piscina in the S wall and a sconce in the E wall. On the S wall-head there are three gutter stones and the fragmentary remains of an original parapet. The chancel, now roofless, retains a 13th-century tomb recess in its N wall. It was lit by a late 15th-century three-light E window with round-arched lancets and flowing tracery, much of which is missing. This window is identical to the window in the S chapel. There are the remains of two two-light round-headed windows with hood-mouldings in the N wall and a similar two-light and three-light window in the S wall, all of 16th-century date. There is a round-arched piscina in the N wall, as well as two doorways, both blocked up. One gave access to a two-storey sacristy which had been added onto the S wall of the chancel. The sacristy appears to have been deliberately built to accommodate access from the second doorway to the exterior. In the late 16th/early 17th century a third storey was added onto the sacristy. A setback in the E gable of the chancel indicated that it had a parapet on its N and S walls. In the late 15th century the church was remodelled, with the addition of a 23m high bell tower at the W end, the insertion of traceried windows and a new clasped purlin roof. The oak timbers dating to 1489 ± 9 years, still survive under the later roof of c. 1800 (Brown 2011; Leask 1960, 56, 127; http://www.fethardbusiness.com/Town/town/old/roof.html downloaded 18 November 2014). The bell tower has external string-coursing, is square in plan and has an unusually high parapet with stepped crenellations and corner turrets. The tower has a large (dims. 4.20m x 2.40m) five-light west window with late 15th-century flowing tracery. The church’s present appearance owes much to extensive renovations in 1785 (Butler 2004, 105) which resulted in the loss of the parapets that appear to have run E-W along both sides of both aisles. It seems likely that at this time the chancel was abandoned, the chancel arch (still discernible) blocked up, an E window with switch-line tracery inserted at the E end of the nave and the fenestration in the aisles changed. In the 1860s a doorway was broken into the N wall of the chancel to provide access to a burial vault inserted into the NE angle. The doorway into the sacristy was blocked and a flat-headed doorway inserted in the S wall. Internally the easternmost portions of the N and S aisles of the church were partitioned off, the N side housing an organ and the S side becoming the vestry. Within the church there are a number of medieval and early modern graveslabs (TS070-040076- to TS070-040089-; TS070-040095- to TS070-040097-) and wall monuments (TS070-040092-). There are also graveslabs (TS070-040090-; TS070-040091-; TS070-040094-; TS070-040098- and TS070-040099-) in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) which surrounds the church. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040002 Castle - tower house
  Description

  In the SE angle of the medieval parish church graveyard. Fleming (1914, 34 and Frontispiece) describes the building as being ‘of an ornamental architectural character, with a hanging bastion and large east window, may be part either of the abbey’s domestic buildings or of the bishop’s palace’. This interpretation is possibly based on Fethard’s status as an Archiepiscopal Borough from c.1215 to 1553 (Laffan 1906, 143). The building is also referred to locally as Edmond’s Castle. This long rectangular three storey building is built of roughly coursed limestone rubble, the NE angle is deeply chamfered. The long axis is aligned E-W, the S wall being on the line of the town wall. A straight joint and quoins at the W end of the S face of the building suggests that it was built onto the existing town wall which originally turned northward at this point. The masonry, particularly on the N face, appears to be fire damaged, which may have occurred during the sacking of the town in 1468 by Garret FitzGerald (Otway-Ruthven 1980, 393). The building is 15th century in date with some remodelling in the 16th century. It has an unusual plan and appears to have been designed to accommodate the surrounding buildings and structures. Access at ground-floor level was via a passageway (Wth 1.72m) running E-W within the N side of the building, with a doorway at either end. The E doorway survives, the N jamb of which was carved to link in with a stone wall running eastward from the building. The spud stone and the lower part of the N jamb and draw-bar socket of the W doorway survive. This passageway facilitated access from the street to the E into the churchyard to the W. The main ground-floor chamber (int. dims. 11m E-W; 3.5m N-S) appears to have been entered from this passageway via a doorway at the E end of the dividing wall (T 0.44m), only a well-worn lower E jamb and draw-bar socket of which survives. This chamber is lit by two rectangular windows in the S wall and another in the E wall, though this has been broken out leaving only the S angle of the embrasure. A door embrasure was inserted in the W wall, externally the S jambs, two yett pintles and portion of the threshold survive. The windows are stylistically different from those in the upper levels and, together with the doorway, probably date from a refurbishment of the building in the late 16th century. The first floor (entresol), which was carried on a wooden floor, was accessed from the ground floor via a wooden stair or ladder. The plan of the first floor is similar to that of the ground floor, the internal division continues, the main chamber has a barrel-vaulted roof which is carried on the S wall and partition. This chamber was lit by two ogee-headed single-light windows in the S wall, the embrasures for which are cut into the vault. The mural chamber, above the ground-floor passageway, was lit by a flat-headed loop in the W wall and a broken-out loop in the E wall. The main upper floor, at second-floor level, appears to have been originally entered through a doorway, evidenced by a blocked-up breach with remains of the threshold, at the S end of the W wall, accessed externally via a wooden stair and also, as the surviving masonry suggests, from the wall-walk on the town wall. Probably post-Reformation, this building was physically separated from the churchyard and it became necessary to create a new second-floor entrance. This took the form of a round-headed doorway in the external W end of the N wall, which post-dates the fire-cracked masonry in this wall. This doorway was inserted into a fireplace, the flue of which, appears to be original, despite the fireplace’s unusual location at the end of the N wall. The original doorway in the W wall led into a small lobby, with a garderobe chamber to the S, a doorway to the main hall to the E and a doorway to an intramural stair in the W wall to the N. The garderobe, lit by two small opes in the E and W wall, has an externally overhanging chute supported on tapering corbels. The stair gives access to the first-floor level. The second-floor chamber (dims. 11.4m E-W; 5.85m N-S) was a commodious hall lit by a two-light and a single-light ogee-headed window in the S wall, a two-light window in the E wall, a two-light window in the N wall, the W jamb of which survives, and a single-light ogee-headed window in the W wall, with a slop-stone below. The window in the N wall was later blocked by the insertion of a fireplace. There is also a slop-stone at the W end of the S wall and there are a number of wall cupboards. Remnants of iron shutter pintles also survive. A later wooden floor was inserted into the upper part of the hall as evidenced by later corbels and beam holes in the W and E walls. The N wall of the W window embrasure gives access to a spiral stair leading to the parapet. Blind arcading internally on the E wall, supported by tapered corbels, provided additional support for a look-out chamber at parapet level which was accessed via steps above roof level, the remains of which are visible in the inner face of the E wall of the parapet. The spiral stair in the NW corner had a cap house with two doorways, providing access to the N and W walls of the wall-walk. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 3 March 2015

• TS070-040003 Almshouse
  Description

  On the S side of Main Street, the rear of which overlooks the medieval parish church (TS070-040001-), now Holy Trinity C of I church. The earliest reference dates to 1611 when, ‘Sir Arthur Chichester to any of the King’s Counsel: Warrant to make out a draft of a fiant of letters patent incorporating the inhabitants of two alms-houses at Fethard, built by Sir John Everard’ (Cal. State Papers Ire. 1611-14, 79). In 1612 Sir John Everard was authorised to build a hospital for poor people consisting of two separate structures, to the N and S (TS070-040011-) of the medieval parish church, for men and women respectively and was dedicated to the Holy Trinity (Butler 1976, 8). On the front of the almshouse there are two armorial plaques (TS070-040100-; TS070-040101-) and a crucifixion plaque (TS070-040102-). The latter, dated 1646, was erected by Amy Everard to commemorate the Everard founders and patrons of this building (Crotty 2012, 15). The almshouses were still in use in the 18th century, evidenced by the will of Redmond Everard in 1739 which made provision, ‘for the maintenance of the 12 poor men and women of Feathard’ (Everard 1989, 542). Steile’s map of 1752 indicates ‘the poorhouse walls ⅓ of which is Mr Bardons’ (O’Reilly 2007, 229). This reflects Everard’s portion of the almshouse, as the Everard estate was purchased by Thomas Barton in that year (Everard 1989, 541). Perhaps a third of the building had retained the functions of an almhouse up until this point, though the description ‘poorhouse walls’ may suggest that the building was in a ruinous state. In 1758 Pococke (1958, 58) described ‘the remains of a large house in the town with fine chimneys of hewn stone; it was an almhouse’, implying that the building no longer functioned as such. Griffith’s valuation for 1850 indicates that a market house occupied two-thirds of the building, while the remainder had become a house (O’Reilly 2007, 230). By 1900 the latter portion, at the E end, had become a shop at ground level with an extra door added to give separate access to the upstairs accommodation (ibid.). The building’s market house functions ceased in the 1950s and Fethard District Court sat there for the last time in 1961 (ibid., 231). The first floor had also been used as a dance hall in the 20th century until a purpose built ballroom was erected in the 1960s (ibid.). This modified early 17th-century building (ext. dims. 25.2m x 8.5m; wall T 0.95-1.1m) is two storeys high with attic. At ground level there is a depressed three-centred doorway (Wth 1.23m) in the W gable, though the floor level has been raised obscuring the lower portion. This doorway indicates that the building currently adjoining is later in date. Above this doorway, on either side, there is a horizontal chamfered limestone window (H 0.25m; Wth 0.43m), both blocked internally, with two vertical glazing-bar holes and one horizontal. The northern front façade was re-fenestrated in the 18th/19th century with a large carriage arch inserted in the centre at ground-floor level in the 19th century and a doorway inserted at its W end. Two original single-light windows survive in the N face at ground level, one on either side of the carriage arch, though only that on the W side is fully intact with its hood-moulding. The head of another single-light window, now missing, was visible above the W inserted doorway when the render was removed in 1991. There is also a two-light window with hood-moulding in the E gable and a single-light with hood-moulding at the W end of the S wall. The first floor was accessed via two doorways in the S wall, the W depressed three-centred doorway (Wth 0.88m) has a hood-moulding, but only the lower jambs of the E doorway (Wth 0.98m) survive. Though neither original external stair survives, the wall-footings of stairs running parallel to the rear wall were uncovered during an excavation (pers. comm. Ó Drisceoil, 11 March 2015). At first-floor level two wider single-light windows survive in the N face, that to the W being fully intact with its hood-moulding. Conservation work in 2015 also revealed a window embrasure at the E end of the S wall and a window in the centre of the S wall, the upper portion of which was destroyed when an extension was added to the rear. This work also revealed three original polished limestone fireplaces at first-floor level, one in each gable (W fireplace H 1.38m; Wth 1.38m; E fireplace H 1.53m; Wth 1.17m) and one in the N wall (H 1.34m; Wth 1.36m). There are also indications of a fourth fireplace at the W end of the N wall, though the surround, including relieving arch, has been removed and the opening blocked. The chimney breast, though obscured by plaster, is visible projecting internally at attic level. There is a wall-cupboard (H 0.65m; Wth 0.62m; D 0.6m) at the N end of the W wall. Beneath the eaves, at the W end of the S wall, a large waterspout projects out, indicating a slop-stone at inter-floor level, not visible internally as this area is rendered. The slop-stone must have been accessed via an internal wooden stair which continued to attic level. When the stonework on the front façade was exposed in 2015, two small window sills at eaves level were noted, on either side of the central gable, indicating that the original façade had three gables fronting onto the street. Both windows are identical in width to that in the central gable. The central gable, which was widened at some stage, contains a single-light window with hood-moulding and a chimney breast. The apex of this gable is crowned with an elaborate cut-limestone octagonal chimney stack with ball finial. There is a similar stack on the W gable. In the rear elevation there is also a window sill at eaves level, centrally placed, indicating that there was also a central gable at attic level at the rear. Visible externally in the E gable at attic level is the hood-moulding of a single-light window. There is a small yard to the rear of the building which contains a depressed three-centred doorway at ground level providing access to the church and graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 11 May 2015

• TS070-040004 Religious house - Augustinian friars
  Description

  At the E end of the town, at the junction of Abbey Street and Abbeyville and immediately N of the Clashawley river. The Augustinian foundation in Fethard, Holy Trinity Priory, was founded in c. 1306 on land granted by Walter Mulcote (Gwynn, A. and Hadcock 1970, 299). The friars remained here until the dissolution of the monastery in 1540. According to the jurors sent to access the extent of the property, the friary church had been the parish church from time immemorial. At that time the friary possessed, ‘a church and steeple, dormitory, hall, two chambers, kitchen, etc....a mill and a bake-house’ (ibid., 300). In 1544 the property was granted to Edmund Butler, Baron of Dunboyne (ibid.). It seems that an Augustinian presence in Fethard continued up to the 17th century, when the provincial chapters were held there in 1643, 1646 and 1649, and the Provincial Superior of the Order lived in the town from 1646 to 1649. However, it was not until early in the 19th century that the friars were finally able to return. Rebuilding of their church began almost immediately in 1820 (Craig and Garner 1975, 48-51). This is a nave and chancel church (int. dims. 38m x 6.7m) dating from the 14th century, with 15th-century modifications and was rebuilt in the early 19th century. The ground level slopes by 0.4m from the W to the E end (O’Keeffe 1995, 85). There was a W tower (dims. given as ‘eighteen feet [5.5m] square’ in 1833), depicted on a Friary map of 1835, and was demolished that same year (O’Keeffe 1995, 85; O’Keeffe 2003, 8). The tower is clearly depicted on Miles Swiney's map of Fethard 1763 (O'Keeffe 2003, map 9) and both tower and ruined church are illustrated in a sketch of 1795 by Sir William Smith (TCD MS 942/2MS942-vol). The W façade dates to c. 1840 (ibid.). Two three-light traceried windows in the N wall of the nave are 14th century in date. The E window is part of a 15th-century remodelling. There was formerly a Lady Chapel running at right angles from the N wall of the nave. The N gable of this side chapel and portion of its E wall survive in a ruinous state. Leading off the S side of the chancel is a 15th-century chapel, formerly of the Dunboyne family, now Lady Chapel. The two-light traceried E window of this chapel is very similar to one in Kilcooley Abbey (TS043-034001-). This chapel also contains some fine 15th-century stonework with carved details including floral motifs and masons marks (Maher 1990, 35-40; Hourihane 2000). At the W end of this chapel there is a stone arch which suggests that a S aisle was envisaged as part of the 15th-century renovations, though the present S aisle dates to the 19th century. Above the chapel, accessed via a mural stair, there is floor which may have accommodated the infirm as there is an internal window in the N wall providing a view into the church of the altar, traditionally called the ‘Leper’s Window’. The E range (ext. L 19.35m) is three storeys high, though the first-floor is more of a loft. It housed the chapter room, colloquially known as the ‘cellars’, and a kitchen with a dormitory above. The ‘cellars’ are in fact a chamber at ground level, with a triple barrel-vaulted roof divided by two piers carrying E-W arches, each section is lit by a window in the E wall, though only one two-light window survives. This chamber would appear from its location to have been the chapter house and was entered through an ogee-headed sandstone doorway in the W wall, into the centre of the chamber. The ground level outside this doorway has risen considerably. A vaulted two-storey passage separates the chapter house from the chamber to the S. The upper level of this passage gives access to a garderobe which projects from the E wall. The room S of the passage at ground level was a kitchen, having a fireplace in the NE corner only the flue of which remains. A narrow stair to the W of the kitchen led to the dormitories. The second-floor is unroofed and much modified. The S range does not survive, having been replaced by a late 18th-century mill. A W range is not indicated on the Friary map of 1835, however, a building appears to have been built in this area in the 19th century which was destroyed by fire in 1974 (O'Donnell 2014, 68-9) and completely removed. This area, including the former cloister, is occupied by a car park. Within the church and the former Lady Chapel there are a number of 17th-century wall monuments (TS070-040068- to TS070-040074-). In the graveyard, N of the nave, there are a number of graveslabs (TS070-040047- to TS070-040067-; TS070-040-75-), including three fragments which have been incorporated into the fabric of the church. Inserted in the N gable of the modern sacristy there is a 14th-century sculpted female head wearing a fluted barbette, it is likely to have been a label stop. W of this there is a sheela-na-gig inserted into a wall. An ex-situ 14th-century a double capital from an ordered arch is located on the gate pier at the SE corner of the church. One of the capitals is decorated with a head flanked by foliage. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 94-6). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 25 February 2015

• TS070-040005 Castle - tower house
  Description

  On the W side of Watergate St., with a possible 17th-century house (TS070-040024-) adjoining to the N and a 16th/17th-century house (TS070-040006-) adjoining to the S. The W façade faces the chancel of the medieval church (TS070-040001-) and graveyard (TS070-040031-). Though there is no supporting historical evidence, this building is traditionally associated with the Knights Templar. However, this folk memory, while inaccurate, bolsters the theory that the building had an ecclesiastical association. The confusion over the name may arise from the fact that three crusading orders, established in the Holy Land and present in Ireland: the Knights of the Temple of Solomon (‘Templars’), the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem (‘Hospitallers’) and the Hospital of St John the Baptist, became interchangeable in the popular consciousness. It is quite possible that the building belonged to the Hospital of St John the Baptist in Dublin, who had formerly owned the parish church and held the rectory of Fethard until the Dissolution in 1540. By 1544, following the Dissolution, the last prior of the Hospital of St John the Baptist in Dublin, Thomas Everard, now styled ‘Sir’ Thomas, returned to Fethard as vicar, with a pension of £15 per annum deriving from the Hospital’s former possessions in Tipperary (Everard 1988, 332). Everard, was granted the right to hold ‘Courts Leet’, a court for petty offences held twice yearly. It is possible that this court was held in Fethard Castle, which might explain why it is also known as ‘Court Castle’. While the proprietor of Fethard Castle is not known at this time it is probable that it was Everard, certainly in 1607 the building is known to be Everard property (ibid., 334). This rectangular urban tower house (ext. dims. 14m N-S; 9.3m E-W) is constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed. The original building, dating to the middle of the 15th century, consisted of a pointed vaulted chamber at ground level (int. dims. 11.5m N-S; 7m E-W; N wall T 0.95m; W wall T 1.1m) with a loft beneath the vault and a formal hall at first-floor level accessed via an external stone stairwell running parallel to the W wall. In the late 16th/early 17th century the building was modified and another floor added, inserted into the upper portion of the hall. The corbels inserted in the W wall to support this survive. The building was entered at ground-floor level via a doorway at the N end of the W wall, only the N jambs of which survive. It is likely that there was also an entrance from the street, however, a large inserted opening has removed any evidence of this. A large opening has also been inserted towards the S end of the E wall. The ground-floor chamber was lit by at least two openings, a round-headed loop at the S end of the E wall, only the head and sill of which survive intact and a loop at the S end of the W wall. It had three wall-cupboards, two in the W wall and one at the E end of the S wall. The loft floor above was supported on corbels which project from the E and W wall. It was accessed via a creep from the external stair and was lit by a flat-headed single-light window S of centre in the E wall and a similar window at the S end of the W wall. In the 18th/19th century an E-W cross-wall, with a doorway and window at ground level and window at loft level, was inserted towards the N end of the chamber continuing up to the vault. This effectively created a through passage at the N end. The uncovered lower portion of the external stone stairs does not appear to be original and may have replaced a wooden stair. At first-floor level the stairs are contained within a projecting turret (D 1m; Wth 3.6m), entered through a flat-headed doorway, with a deep door recess in the external face of the W wall of the tower house. The lower portion of this turret appears to be solid stone. This turret serves as an entrance lobby, with a flat-headed loop in the W wall of the turret lighting the top of the stairs. A pointed doorway gives access to the main chamber (dims. 10.88m N-S; 6.8m E-W). It is defended by a murder-hole in the turret and a small cross-loop immediately N of the doorway. The cross-loop occupies the lower E side of a large recess (H 0.8m; Wth 0.64m). Immediately N of this there is a large round-headed laver within a recessed square niche, a most unusual feature in an Irish secular context and one which suggests an ecclesiastical affiliation. There is a wall-cupboard at the W end of the N wall. This chamber has no original fenestration, the four surviving windows, two of which are completely blocked up, are late 16th/early 17th-century insertions. This include a three-light window at the N end of the W wall, two three-light windows at either end of the E wall and a single-light window S of centre in the E wall. The pseudo-four-centred fireplace of polished limestone in the centre of the E wall is also a late 16th/early 17th-century insertion. The tapering chimney stack of this fireplace blocks the wall-walk at parapet level. The original fireplace in the centre of the S wall consisted of a large stone hood supported on pointed limestone corbels with cut-stone skewbacks, the latter features of which survive. There is a doorway at either end of the S wall that at the E end leads to a small garderobe chamber while that at the W end gives access to the wall-walk via a spiral stair. The garderobe and stair were lit by a small window in the S wall, both now blocked up. The N and S wall retain the original roof coping, which projects from the walls of the mural chambers at parapet level. These chambers, which are carried on arcades, could be accessed from all angles at parapet level. The S arcade consists of three depressed voussoir arches supported on two tapering corbels, while the N arcade consists of three cut limestone round-headed arches supported on tapering corbels, the lower portions of which are missing. In the late 16th/early 17th-century the central arcade of the latter was broken out when a fireplace was inserted and the W arcade was largely broken out by an inserted doorway carried on a double corbel-course. These modifications facilitated heating of and access to the inserted floor level. The wall-walk on the E and W wall is partially supported by a corbel-course which projects internally, that on the E wall consists of a double-row of corbels. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2015

• TS070-040006 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  Attached to the S side of Fethard Castle (TS070-040005-), on the W side of Watergate St., with Edmond’s Castle (TS070-040002-) within the courtyard to the SW and another possible late 16th/17th-century house (TS070-040020-) within the courtyard to the S. This is a multi-period house, currently manifest as a three-storey house (ext. dims. 9.2m x 9.15m) built of roughly coursed limestone rubble with cut limestone quoins. The house was originally a one-storey building with a steep-pitched roof, as evidenced by surviving coping stones inserted in the external S face of Fethard Castle and a corresponding crease line visible externally on the S gable of the house. The building appears to have been heightened in the early 17th century to become a two-storey building with pitched roof. During this phase the building was entered at first-floor level through a round-headed chamfered doorway with punch tooling in the W wall, facing towards the medieval parish church (TS070-040001-) and graveyard (TS070-040031-). A corbel projecting externally S of, and below, this doorway was probably used to anchor an external wooden stair. The large stone chimney (Wth 3.6m; D 0.52m) which projects from the W wall also dates to this period. In the later half of the 19th century a third floor was added, this addition is visible in the N and S gable. During this period the building was re-fenestrated, presenting a three-bay front on the E wall, facing into Watergate St., with a further opening on the ground floor. This included a doorway and a large vehicular entrance, with the remains of a shop-front cornice above the latter. Both these openings have been subsequently blocked up. In the 17th century the ground floor was probably accessed via a wooden stair or ladder from first-floor level. In the 18th/19th century a doorway at ground level was broken through the N end of the W wall and another through the S gable, the latter subsequently blocked up. Internally at ground level there is a large depressed three-centred limestone fireplace in the W wall, with a shallow chamfer on the lintel. There is a single-light window S of this. The first floor has a depressed three-centred chamfered window immediately S of the main doorway. In the W wall there is a fine limestone fireplace, the jambs of which are decorated with carved strapwork, which dates stylistically to c. 1610-20. The second floor was accessed via a wooden stairs. There are three inter-floor windows, inserted in the 19th century in the S gable to light a dog-leg stair. A single-storey outbuilding which ran westward from the N end of the W wall of the house has been converted into accommodation. In the boundary wall to the rear of the property there is a late 16th/early 17th-century depressed three-centred arch doorway with chamfered surround which gave access to the churchyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 17 August 2015

• TS070-040007 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  Carved figure located in the section of Fethard town wall (TS070-040032-) that overlooks Clashawley River and Watergate Bridge (TS070-040017-). According to Freitag the surrounding stones of the town wall (TS070-040032-) placed to accommodate figure which appears to be carved in the round. Described by Freitag as a figure, with a ‘biggish head with strong facial features; staring eyes, clearly incised triangular pattern starting underneath left eye and radiating towards wall, slightly open grim mouth showing clenched teeth. Emaciated neck, no breasts, deeply incised ribs and a protruding round navel. Figure is seated with short legs widely splayed; hands passing underneath thighs with fingers disappearing in vulva’ (Freitag 2004, 133). See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6qPJw Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2012

• TS070-040008 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  At the E end of Main St. at the junction with Barrack St. where it formerly faced the E side of the Everard mansion house (TS070-040019-). This house, indicated on Grace's map of 1708, had been converted into a hotel by c. 1840 and continued to functioned as such until c. 1950 when it closed (O'Keeffe 2003, 10, map 5). It was demolished as a dangerous structure in September/October 1993 and a new building erected on the site, although the S wall, which is a party wall, was retained. A three-storey building (ext. L 15.25m; int. dims. 14.1m x 6.5m; wall T 1m) of roughly coursed limestone rubble, facing W, with irregular fenestration and a chimney at either end. In 1911 the building had been incorporated into the adjacent property to the N (O'Keeffe 2003, 10). This northern portion of the building (int. L 4.6m) was later in date and was distinquished by having thinner walls (T c. 0.65m) and higher ceilings. Prior to its demolition some of the render on the façade was removed, revealing at ground-floor level the northern jambs of a moulded limestone doorway (H 1.7m) with a broken threshold at the base and an original window. The doorway, which was at the northern end of the original building, appears to haven been broken through when a two-light window was inserted in the 19th century. Portion of the moulded door jamb was reused in the stone and brick fill surrounding the inserted window. At first-floor level there appear to have been three original windows in the W façade and one at the S end of the E wall (O’Keeffe 1995, 92 and fig. 52). Also in the E wall there was a fireplace (H 1.72m including lintel) with a moulded limestone surround, similar to that on the doorway. Though the northern portion of the fireplace was in good condition, most of the lintel was missing and the southern portion was damaged. A similar fireplace was subsequently uncovered in the S wall and another in the same wall at second-floor level, both were reportedly blocked up, but retained, within the new building (O’Keeffe 1995, 92). The building had wooden floors throughout, supported on corbels on the E and W walls. O’Keeffe (1995, 92) suggests that there may have been an original stairs to the second floor in the SE angle of the building. The internal partitions at first and second-floor level were of light timber filled with mud and straw (ibid.). The mouldings suggest a late 16th/early 17th-century date for this house. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993 unpublished field notes and photographs). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 March 2015

• TS070-040009 House - 17th century
  Description

  On the N side of Burke St., the second house W of the town wall. A massive chimney projects from the W gable, surviving to below the apex of the gable (Craig and Garner 1974, 51). In 1987 a large fireplace, 6 feet x 4 feet (1.8m x 1.2m) constructed of limestone blocks was removed. The building (N wall T 0.8m) has been heightened. The massive chimney may suggest a pre-1700 date for this building. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 March 2015

• TS070-040011 Almshouse
  Description

  Immediately S of the town wall (TS070-040032-) and medieval parish church (TS070-040001-) and W of the pound (TS070-040012-). A charter of 1611 refers to two almshouses in Fethard built by Sir John Everard (O’Reilly 2007, 220). In Redmond Everard’s will of 1739 provision is made, ‘for the maintenance of the 12 poor men and woman at Feathard’ (ibid., 221). Redmond Grace’s 1708 map of the town depicts the building as being one storey with attic and a chimney on each gable with steps leading to an entrance in the town wall (O’Keeffe 2003, map 5). The accompanying index lists it as, ‘The widows house on the town wall near the church’ (ibid. and appendix A). In a sketch of 1841 by du Noyer the first-floor of a two-bay building, facing the Clashawley River is depicted at this location (ibid., 11). The S face has two two-light windows at first-floor level, possibly with hood-mouldings, above which there is a parapet with a row of waterspouts (ibid., O’Reilly 2007, 233-4). The sketch also shows a single-light window in the E gable at first-floor level and both the E and W gable are surmounted by a chimney (ibid.). The N wall of this building also functioned as the town wall and the graveyard (TS070-040031-) boundary wall. There is an opening (Wth 1.33m) in this wall which gives access directly into the almshouse, as depicted on the 1708 Grace map. The ground level in the graveyard is higher than outside the town wall. The almshouse is built of roughly coursed limestone rubble, though apart from the E wall (H 2.07m; T 1.3m) only the lower courses of this building survive. The E wall has a pronounced base-batter (H 2m; Wth 0.2m) and is bonded into the town wall (Scally 1991, 7). Within this wall there is an embrasure (H 1m above ground level, Wth 1.02m) with a round-headed single-light window (ope 1.05m x 0.13m), chamfered externally. The lower courses of the S wall (T 1.21m; H 0.57m) were revealed as a result of archaeological excavation (Scally 1991, 7). The lower courses of a W wall have been completely rebuilt, the evidence for this wall is unclear. These walls suggest a building with an internal dimension of 5.24m N-S x 5m E-W, however, the du Noyer sketch suggests a more rectangular building and the 1840 Fair Plan OS map shows the outline of this building, giving external dimensions of c. 6m N-S x c. 12m E-W. A short length of masonry (L 1.3m; H 0.6m) projects out from the town wall 2.85m W of the present reconstructed W wall. Though this is not definitely a wall, and it has been consolidated with concrete mortar, it is possible it may relate to the almhouse. There is a chute (dims. 0.55m x 0.38m) in the thickness of the E wall, towards the N end, which appears to exist towards the base of the wall externally, suggesting it was a garderobe chute, serving a garderobe at first-floor level. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 March 2015

• TS070-040012 Pound
  Description

  Immediately S of the town wall, fronting onto the Clashawley river valley. The pound consists of an enclosed area (ext. dims. 19.1m x 6.6m) defined by the S wall of Edmond’s Castle (TS070-040002-)/town wall (TS070-040032-) to the N, by the E wall of an almshouse (TS070-040011-) to the W, by the W gable of a building to the E and by a roughly coursed limestone rubble wall (T 0.48m) to the S, at the E of which an 18th/19th-century segmental-headed entrance has been inserted. The minutes of Fethard corporation's D'Oyer Hundred jury court which survive from 1707 record the annual income received from the pound in that year (O'Donnell 1988, 25). Between 1708 and 1718 the pound was in need of repair, requiring paving and a new door or gate (ibid.). The pound must have been in existence for some time in the 16th century to warrant such attention. A limited excavation in 1991 revealed that the W wall of the pound was originally the E wall of an earlier builiding (TS070-040011-) (Scally 1992, 43). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 6 March 2015

• TS070-040013 House - 17th century
  Description

  Outside the town wall (TS070-040032-),at the eastern end of Fethard, at the junction of Burke Street and Lower Green Street. Craig and Garner (1975, 51) noted that, 'At the gable-end of the return of the building, which is a T-plan, is a heavy stack'. In 1993 the heavy stack was visible in the N gable (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 103). The chimney may have related to a former adoining building to the N, the shallow gable of which was visible in 1993. This building has subsequently been completely rebuilt. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040014 House - 17th century
  Description

  At the junction of Watergate St. and Burke St. Craig and Garner (1975, 51) noted that the first two houses on the S side have a pie-crust cornice, 'dating them to circa 1700'. There was another building attached to the W gable of the most westerly house which may have been similar (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 103-04). The easterly house has a slightly higher roof pitch and only portion of the pie-crust cornice has survived intact (ibid.). Both houses have had major internal alterations (ibid.). In Steile's map of 1752 the area occupied by these houses is called 'Old Jerusalem', and 'Jerusalem' also forms part of the description for this area on Grace's map of 1708, though on the latter map only a small building is depicted at this junction (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5 and appendix A; ibid., map 8 and appendix B). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 March 2015

• TS070-040015 House - 17th century
  Description

  At the E end of Main St., facing westward into the square. This building, a public house called Lonergan's, formerly 'The Old Forge', was noted by Craig and Garner (1975, 50) as having 'a heavy stack' on its S gable. The building, which has quite a steep pitched roof, has been modified and extended, though retains the large stone chimney stack which may indicate a pre-1700 date for this building (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 104). An architectural assessment of the building in 2007 found no evidence of a pre-1700 structure and suggested that the stone chimney originally formed part of the adjoining four-bay building to the S, though it serves Longergan's fireplaces in the northern side of the party wall (Fallon 2007, 16-17). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 15 April 2015

• TS070-040016 House - 17th century
  Description

  On the S side of Burke St. A five-bay two-storey house (L 12.25m) with a blank bay over the western doorway, and a rear projection (dims. 1.5m N-S x 4.65m E-W). There is a concave cornice under the eaves of the front façade and a stepped cornice of three brick courses to the rear. Craig and Garner (1975, 51) note that this building has ‘a steep-pitched roof and heavy stacks, but modernised façade’. O’Keeffe (1995, 69) suggests the building may be late 17th century in date. There is a pointed limestone chamfered doorway (Wth 0.97m) in the wall of the rear property boundary and two other similar chamfered doorways (TS070-040106- and TS070-040107-) in another wall further S of the property which runs parallel to and immediately N of the Clashawley River. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 March 2015

• TS070-040017 Bridge
  Description

  Running S of Fethard from Watergate St. crossing the Clashawley River. This medieval bridge formed the southern access to the town, with a town gate immediately N of the bridge. It is a narrow flat bridge (L 29m; Wth 5.15m) of roughly coursed limestone rubble with a parapet (H 1.37m; Wth 0.38m) capped with concrete. It consists of four spans, two segmental headed arches at the northern end and two round-headed of differed sizes at the southern end. There are two triangular cut-waters on the W face. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 March 2015

• TS070-040018 Bridge
  Description

  Running W of Fethard from Main St. crossing the Clashawley River. This bridge formed the western access to the town, with a town gate, known as Madam’s Gate, immediately E of the bridge, known as Madam’s Bridge. It is built of roughly coursed limestone rubble and consists of three round arches with a parapet. The bridge, which is relatively flat, is of two phase constructions as evidenced by the clear join between the arches beneath the bridge. The S downstream face is earlier, the arches having narrower voussoirs set on edge, typically pre-1700 in date. The bridge is indicated on the Grace map of 1708 (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5), however, its association with the medieval gate would suggest there was a medieval bridge at this location. According to Long (1892-4, 208) there was a plaque on Madam's Gate which bore an inscription informing the passer-by that John Delahunty built the bridge. However, it is more likely that the bridge was repaired, perhaps substantially in 1742, while retaining medieval fabric (O’Donnell 2010, 134). The plaque (TS070-040104-) was moved when the gate was being demolished, c. 1880, and was inserted into the ‘left’ wall of the bridge (ibid.). The bridge appears to have been widened between 1840 (depicted on the 1st ed. 6-inch OS map) and 1845 (depicted as wider on the Grove map (O’Keeffe 2003, map 11)). The arches on the N upstream face are composed of wider, rusticated voussoirs typical of the 19th century. There are cutwaters on the N side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 May 2015

• TS070-040019 House - 17th century
  Description

  On the N side of Main St., at the eastern end. A ‘Mansion House’ is mentioned in Sir John Everard’s will of 1623 (Everard 1988, 347). On the 1703 Grace map (O’Keeffe 2003, map 6) this house is depicted in a stylised manner as a substantial two-storey house with a central doorway with steps up to it and a central rectangular feature beneath the eaves, perhaps a window or plaque. The roof is slated and has one large and one smaller central chimney and a possible octagonal chimney, surmounted by a ball finial, on either gable, similar to those on the almshouse (TS070-040003-) across the road (ibid.). The 1708 Grace map (O’Keeffe 2003, map 7) appears to be slightly more accurate. Once again there is only a large doorway depicted at ground level, perhaps suggesting that this was a storage level and that the residential quarters were at first-floor level where there are three windows, and above at attic level where there are also three windows (ibid.). It is depicted as having three chimneys, one at either gable and one centrally placed (ibid.). In 1750 the Everard properties in Fethard were sold to Thomas Barton, a wine merchant from Bordeaux, who replaced the Everard manion with a new house which was completed by 1763 (O’Keeffe 2003, 5). It is possible that some of the original mansion house was incorporated in the new build. This house was converted into a barracks in 1805 and continued as such until destroyed in 1922 during the Civil War (ibid., 6). The last remnants of the 18th-century house were removed in the 1960s (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 March 2015

• TS070-040020 House - 16th/17th century
  Description

  On the W side of a lane running southward past Fethard Castle (TS070-040005-), off Watergate St., S of a 16th-century house (TS070-040006-) and immediately NE of Edmond’s Castle (TS070-040002-). Fleming (1914, frontispiece) illustrates a cluster of buildings viewed from the SE. Though not entirely clear the illustration appears to depict a small single-storey ‘cabin’ with a doorway in the S wall and perhaps a stone chimney in the rear N wall. This building is depicted on the 1904 25-inch OS map directly E of Edmond Castle. Behind this, to the N, there appears to be another building, though the E gable of the cabin and this building are indistinguishable. This building has a window in the E gable at first-floor level and the E gable is surmounted by a tall stone chimney which tapers towards the top. It appears to be roofless which suggests it is the rectangular building immediately NE of Edmond’s Castle which is roofed on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map and unroofed by the 1904 25-inch OS ed. The stone chimney on the rear wall of the cabin may in fact be on the S wall of the building to the rear. The appearance of this building would suggest a late 16th/early 17th-century date for it. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 March 2015

• TS070-040021 House - medieval
  Description

  On the S side of Main St., Fethard and slightly recessed from the general street line. The building was constructed on a slope, with the ground falling steadily to the S towards the Clashawley River. It is depicted on the Grace map of 1703 as a stylised castle with a door at ground level facing onto the Main St., and on the 1708 Grace map there is a single storey three-bay house with central chimney at this location (O'Keeffe 2003, maps 4-7). This is a modified rectangular medieval building (ext. dims. 12.5m E-W; 9.5m N-S) which retains some original features. It is built of limestone rubble roughly coursed with a base-batter on the E and W gables and S wall (H 1.08-2.3m; Wth 0.08-0.3m) and limestone quoins visible at the SE angle where the pebble-dash render has come away. The building presents as a four-bay two-storey over raised basement house with a façade (N wall T 0.7m) dating to c. 1800. A modern two-storey extension has been built onto the rear S wall. In the 19th century the present first floor was added, the upper level of the medieval masonry can be seen bulging from the E gable, with the thinner modern walling above it. Internally the floor levels have been altered, though the western end of the building, separated by a N-S cross-wall (T c. 0.3m), appears to have retained its original floor levels until 1954. At this time the western portion (Wth 4.5m E-W; W wall T c. 0.9m) was converted into a shop and extended northward into Main St. According to the present owner there had also been a stone vault over the original ground floor at the S end of the W portion of the building which was removed in 1947 (pers. comm. John Whyte, 24 April 2015). This vaulted chamber was formerly accessed via an inserted doorway at the S end of the external W wall and had been used by post office staff to store bicycles. This doorway was blocked up when the shop was built. The building was originally entered through a pointed limestone doorway (H 2.08m; Wth 1m) at the E end of the rear S wall (T 1.12m) at the original ground-floor level, currently the basement. This doorway is not chamfered, it has punch-tooling with some evidence of a drafted margin though the outer angle of the doorway is damaged. On the inner face of the S wall, immediately W of this doorway there is a roughly dressed stone corbel (H 0.23m; Wth 0.19m; D 0.09m). A modern doorway has been broken through the S end of the E gable (T 0.94m). The original floor levels where higher, as evidenced by an original first-floor limestone doorway in the cross-wall which is currently 0.82m above the present floor level. The cross-wall continues from the original ground level up to second-floor level. The doorway (H 1.66m; Wth 0.82m) in this cross-wall is currently blocked up. It has an external chamfer on the E face with a broach stop terminating the S chamfer, the N chamfer does not run-out, suggesting that the lower N jamb may be a replacement. The insertion of a floor at present first-floor level cut across the upper portion of this doorway, and two upper stones, including that at the apex of the doorway were broken out, these have been replaced in recent years. The worn threshold of this doorway is also in situ. Though currently not visible, there is a window at the E end of the S wall, originally at first-floor level, presently at second-floor level. A description by the present owner suggests that it is a two-light ogee-headed window with decorated spandrels (pers. comm. John Whyte, 20 March 2015). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 April 2015

• TS070-040022 Building
  Description

  To the rear of a medieval house on Main St. (TS070-040021-) there is an outbuilding of limestone rubble. In the external E face of this building there are the remains of an earlier small vaulted structure, which was later incorporated into the outbuilding. All that apparently survives is the first course of voussoirs of the former vault which project eastward, indicating that the vault ran E-W from this wall. The walling within the arch forms a face and would appear to be the internal face of the W end of the earlier structure. Some of the masronry surrounding the arch is also contemporary with it. The present S wall of the outbuilding was clearly built up against the existing E wall. The vaulted chamber (H 1.78m; Wth 2.87m) was small and was possibly used for storage. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 27 March 2015

• TS070-040023 House - 17th century
  Description

  On the S side of Main St, Fethard, the third property westward from the corner of Watergate St and Main St. The ground floor is currently a hairdressers. A single-bay three-storey building (int. dims. 6.05m N-S; 5.38m E-W; wall T 0.83-0.85m). The upper floors are accessed via a dog-leg stair in the SW angle of the building from the rear. At first-floor level (H 2.28m) two stone corbels (H 0.24m; Wth 0.28m; D 0.17m and H 0.2m; Wth 0.28m; D 0.17m) project from the front, N wall, one on either side of the window and another corbel (H 0.17m; Wth 0.25m; D 0.14m)projects from the E end of the rear S wall. The base of the corbels are between 1.63m and 1.67m above the floor. There is a chimney (Wth 1.82m; D 0.44m) projecting into the first-floor chamber in the E wall. The second floor is partially within the roof space and the beams of the collared A-frame truss roof with heavy purlins are visible. All the beams within the second floor living space are boxed-in except one which is sawn. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2014

• TS070-040024 House - 17th century
  Description

  On the W side of Watergate St. It adjoins Fethard Castle (TS070-040005-) to the S. Depicted on the Grace map of 1708 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 5) in stylised fashion as a small house with a central chimney. This is a three-storey four-bay building (ext. dims. 15m x 7m) with the Castle Inn, with its door and shop front in the E façade, occupying the ground floor. The building was originally two storeys high with a steeper roof, this is visible in the N gable. In 2005/6 the second floor was heightened at eaves level, with a corresponding heightening of the second floor windows, and the building was re-roofed. O’Keeffe (1995, 64) noted a central rear projection (dims. 5.3m N-S) comparable to the chimney projection at the rear of the medieval building (TS070-040006-) S of Fethard Castle. When inspected the projection was a shell with an insubstantial chimney flue in the SW angle (ibid.). The internal partitions are ‘reported to be made up of trellises of light timbers, filled with grain’ (ibid.). In the E face of a wall which connects the SW angle of the rear project to the NW angle of Fethard Castle there is a recess (Wth 1.3m) which may have contained a well (ibid.). An inscribed stone is reported to have been found at the base of the recess (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 May 2015

• TS070-040026 Courthouse
  Description

  In the middle of Main St., Fethard. The town is recorded as having a tholsel in 1596 (Cal. Pat. Rolls Ire., Eliz. 359). This building would have had several functions, such as a guildhall and meeting place for merchants, a customhouse and a courthouse. On Grace’s map of 1703 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 4) a rectangle in the middle of Main St., in front of the almshouse (TS070-040003-) indicates a building. On the subsequent Grace map of 1708 (ibid., map 5) a single-storey three-bay building is shown in this position. It is not named, but a building (TS070-040108-) immediately to the E, represented by a small rectangle on the map, is described as, ‘A toft near the court house in the east’. This suggests that the toft lies E of the courthouse, as the building (TS070-040109-) indicated to the E of the toft, also represented as a rectangle, is described as a, ‘Common bakehouse and ground belonging to it’. Thus the single-storey building must have been the courthouse. In 1747 it is recorded that Fethard Corporation found it necessary to, ‘cause the under part of the s[ai]d Court House to be converted into a Markett House’ (Minute books of the Corporation of Fethard, Co. Tipperary, 1707-1834). On Steile’s map of 1752 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 8) the building indicated in the middle of Main St., in front of the almshouse (TS070-040003-) is named as the market house. The building is also depicted on Swiney’s map of 1763 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 9), as are two buildings to the E. The building had been removed by 1840, as indicated by its absence from the 1st ed. 6-inch map, and its functions had been moved to the almshouse (TS070-040003-) on Main St. to the S. Evidence for this building was uncovered during archaeological excavations in 2012 (Pollock http://www.excavations.ie/report/2012/Tipperary/0023527/downloaded 15/11/2014). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040027 Building
  Description

  Mid-way along the S side of Burke St, Fethard, immediately outside the town wall (TS070-040032-). This building (dims. c. 4m E-W, c. 7m N-S) is currently a single bay three-storey house with two bays at ground level, consisting of two doorways, one converted into a window. It is possible that the W wall of this building incorporates the town wall. Internally the building has a narrow stone stair (Wth 0.79m) which rises up the W wall from ground to first-floor level, rising from the N end of the wall (O'Keeffe 1995, 70). It is probable that this building incorporates portion of the East Gate which crossed the street at this location. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 April 2015

• TS070-040028 House - medieval
  Description

  Roughly mid-way along the S side of Main St, Fethard. The building was constructed on a slope, with the ground falling steadily to the S towards the Clashawley River. The building consists of a five-bay two-storey house over basement (int. dims. 13.46m E-W; 5.44m N-S; wall T 0.8m). An extension runs the length of the façade at ground level and currently houses the Post Office. There is a chimney stack on each gable. There is an angle fireplace, a late 17th/early 18th-century feature, in the SW angle on all three floor levels. The angle fireplace at basement level has a splayed recess (H 1.13m; Wth 0.7m), possibly a blocked loop, in the S wall, 0.53m from the W gable. There are a number of small blocked-up windows at basement level. The building has several features in common with the medieval house (TS070-040021-) to the E. It is likely that the basement was originally the ground floor, perhaps entered from the rear, as was the medieval house to the E. It is also on the same building line as that house, which is recessed from the present street line (O'Keeffe 1995, 71). These similarities, together with its wall thickness, suggest that this building may be late medieval in date. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 April 2015

• TS070-040029 House - 17th century
  Description

  At the junction of Lower Green St. and Abbey St. According to O’Keeffe (1995, 90) this building was ‘indicated as an ancient building on the 1840 map’. The 1840 reference refers to the OS Fair Plan map of Fethard where ancient buildings are highlighted using a blue ink line. This building appears to be outlined using blue ink, with a heavier line along the S wall. The eastern portion of this building was occupied by a two-storey house up until 1994 when it was demolished and replaced by a two-bay two-storey house recessed from the street front. The western portion is currently a green space. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 May 2015

• TS070-040030 Sheela-na-gig
  Description

  Inserted into the N face of graveyard wall (TS070-040044-) adjacent to E end of Augustinian Abbey (TS070-040004-). Not in its original location. Described by Freitag as a figure carved, ‘in high relief on wedge-shaped slab (dims. H. 0.5m; Wth 0.2m). Big swollen head with prominent asymmetrical jug ears, lined forehead, streaked cheeks, bulbous eyes, strong nose and small mouth. Clearly defined ribs, no breasts. Right arm missing; left arm in front of body, hand with dainty fingers on lower abdomen. Lower part of figure appears defaced, genitals no longer discernible. Spindly legs straight and wide apart; feet missing’ (Freitag 2004, 133). See attached screenshots of 3D model of Sheela-na-gig created by Digital Heritage Age. 3D model can be accessed on the Sketchfab website at: https://skfb.ly/6qPJS Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 June 2012

• TS070-040031 Graveyard
  Description

  In the southern end of town, S of the eastern end of Main Street and within the town wall (TS070-040032-), which kinks out to form its southern boundary. This roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 66m N-S; 90m E-W) surrounds the medieval parish church (TS070-040001-) which was built along the edge of the old river terrace c. 1208 (Reg. St John, 294) and dedicated to St John the Baptist. The medieval church and graveyard were very much a focal point in the town. There is an almshouse (TS070-040003-) on the northern boundary, with two entrances at first-floor level opening into the graveyard, another almshouse (TS070-040011-) immediately outside the southern boundary of the graveyard which had an entrance into the graveyard and a third almshouse (TS080-040103-) is mentioned in the Grace map of 1708 as being 'the poorhouse in the church yard' (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5). A number of prestigious buildings along the E boundary, including Fethard Castle (TS070-040005-), Edmond's Castle (TS070-040002-) and a 16th/17th-century house (TS070-040006-), also have entrances in the W elevations, possibly giving access directly into the graveyard in the first two examples and via a doorway in the W boundary wall in the latter example. There are a number of medieval graveslabs (TS070-040090-; TS070-040091-; TS070-040094-; TS070-040098- and TS070-040099-) within the graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040032 Town defences
  Description

  The medieval town walls surround most of the present town of Fethard, although the town has developed beyond the walls to the NE-E and to the S along the Clashawley river valley which runs parallel to the town wall. The earliest known murage grant for Fethard dates to 1292 (Cal. doc. Ire., 1285-92, No.1015). Further grants, were made from 1367 onwards over a period of at least a hundred years (Chart. privil. immun., 71). In 1608 the incorporation charter of James I empowered the town authorities ‘to take fines, forfeitures, &c., same to be applied to the repairing of town wall and fortifications’ (Laffan 1906, 148). The oval circuit, enclosing an area of 7.5 hectares, is almost complete, apart from a stretch (L c. 35m) of the W circuit immediately N of the W gate (TS070-040033-), a stretch (L c. 25m) of the E circuit immediately N of Wick/Wickett/Pierce's gate and a stretch (L c. 50m) at the SE angle. The wall (N wall T 1.36m; max. H 7.77m), which had an internal wall-walk, is composed of large blocks of randomly coursed limestone with small rubble fill and pinning stones. The wall-walk was accessed via the town gates and mural towers and also from stone steps, subsequently robbed out, at the NW end of the circuit and E of the North Gate. Originally the town had five gates, one guarding each access route into the town. The gate at the E end of Madam's bridge (TS070-040018-) at the W end of Main Street was demolished towards the end of the 19th century, though portion of the S half survives indicating a gatehouse at least two-storeys high. On the 1840 25-inch OS town map a rectangular building (dims. c. 8m NE-SW; c. 4m NW-SE) is indicated as 'Madam Castle'. On the NW angle of the town wall there was a mural tower indicated on a map by Miles Swiney dated 1763 (NLI MS. F 55, 8 and reproduced in O’Keeffe 2003, map 9). This tower is not indicated on the OS 6-inch maps and is not visible at ground level. The N gate at Sparagoulea is the only surviving town gate. This gate (Wth 3.5m) has a round arch and was originally higher, probably with a room above it, but the upper courses were removed when they became too unstable in the early 20th century; a pedestrian archway was also broken through the adjacent town wall around this time. Attached to the E side there is a rectangular gatehouse (dims. 7.2m x 5.9m), at least three storeys high, the uppermost of which is barrel-vaulted. There is a mural passage in the N wall and two windows are visible. In the W wall there is a single loop with an external splayed embrasure and in the S wall at second-floor level there is a single-light ogee-headed window with an external double chamfer. The gatehouse is marked on the 1840 25-inch OS town map as 'Currikeen Castle'. At the NE corner of the town wall there is a circular mural tower which has a round-headed, single-light window near the top. It is possible that the mural tower was altered when it was incorporated into the military barracks (Thomas 1992, vol.2, 102). A gate variously called Wick/Wickett/Pierce's gate, c. 65m S of the circular mural tower at the W end of Barrack Street, was only demolished towards the end of the 19th century. An excavation in 1994 revealed the position of the town wall which appears to have joined the gatehouse at its SE corner (Moran 1995, 81). Another mural tower on the E circuit, c. 25m S of Wick/Wickett/Pierce's gate is depicted on Swiney’s 1763 map and is no longer visible at ground level. At the S end of the E circuit of town wall there was a gate on Burke Street, providing access to the Augustinian friary (TS070-040004-). A house (TS070-040027-) adjacent to this gate contains a mural stone stair and probably formed part of the gatehouse. In the SE angle of the town wall there is a blocked loop (H 1.3m; Wth 0.12m), with an external splay and two other smaller loops, one immediately to the E of the loop described above and the other is at a higher level in the S section of wall E of Watergate. Incorporated in the external face of SE angle there is a sheela-na-gig (TS070-040007-). The gate which the street was named after, Watergate, is not visible at ground level. The S circuit of town wall, from the SE corner of Holy Trinity graveyard westward to Convent Bridge (Madam's Bridge), is restored, along with a three-storey rectangular mural tower in the SW angle of Holy Trinity graveyard. The mural tower (ext. dims. 6.9m x 5.5m), as well as the N gate, appear to be of 15th-century date and were probably built with money received from the later murage grants (Bradley 1985, 48). The original doorway is at ground level in the N wall, with a later doorway inserted in the W wall. At first-floor level there is a pointed doorway facing E onto the wall-walk of the town wall. This first-floor chamber is lit by six windows, including two pairs of windows in the S and W walls and has a pointed vault. A pointed doorway in the N wall leads to a mural stair which rises in the W wall to the second floor. This stairs is partially contained within an external projection in the W wall. The second floor is lit by three windows. A stairs in the NW angle leads to the roof where there is a turret along its W side. Another mural tower on the S circuit of town wall, c. 25m S of the W gate is depicted on Swiney’s 1763 map but is no longer visible at ground level. Excavation of the town wall immediately S of the Barrack St gate produced pottery of late 13th/early 14th century which appears to be contemporary with the town wall (Moran 1995, 81). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040043 Structure
  Description

  Limited excavation of the town wall immediately S of the Barrack St gate produced pottery of late 13th/early 14th century which appears to be contemporary with the town wall (Moran 1995, 81). This excavation also exposed pre-wall features, including two opposite rows of three stakeholes, the stakeholes being c. 0.2-0.3m apart and the rows being c. 0.4-0.5m apart, running at a right angle (E-W) to the town wall (ibid.). Whether the stakeholes continued beyond the limit of the excavation was not established but their arrangement suggests they were part of a structure. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-040044 Graveyard
  Description

  Associated with the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-) which is outside and E of the walled town of Fethard (TS070-040----). It is located along the N side of the abbey church, including burials within the ruinous N transept. It is indicated on the 25-inch OS 6-inch map as 'Grave Yd.'. There are a large number of late medieval graveslabs (TS070-040047- to TS070-040067-; TS070-040-75-) within this graveyard. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040045 Building
  Description

  In an area c. 10m outside of and E of the town wall (TS070-040032-) of Fethard, between Barrack St. and Burke St. Archaeological excavations in 1995 revealed mortared stone walling, mud floors, and suggestions of wicker buildings associated with medieval pottery and apparently pre-dating the town wall (Moran and Pollock 1996, 81-2). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 May 2015

• TS070-040046 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard of Holy Trinity church (TS070-040001-). The lower half of a tapering limestone graveslab (L 0.8m; Wth 0.36m at top; Wth 0.26m at base) was reused as a quoinstone on the SE corner buttress of the chancel. The graveslab bears a crudely incised cross shaft and stepped Calvary mount dating from the 13th to the 15th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

• TS070-040047 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the most easterly of a row of graveslabs. It is in good condition though the top corners are chipped. Described by Maher (1997, 56) as a slab (L 1.62m; Wth 0.78m; average T 0.12m) decorated with 'a seven-armed segmental cross, carved in relief, with each arm terminating in a fleur-de-lis. Three simple cross-bands occur at the base of the cross-head, surmounting the cross-shaft. A similar design occurs at the base of the shaft, but survives poorly. The cross terminates in what appears to be a stylised pillar-base feature. An inscription in Black Letter occurs on the dexter and sinister sides and across the top of the slab. It survives in poor condition and is illegible except for the following on its dexter side: ...MARGARETA...TUMULI FIERI FECERUI' (...Margaret who caused this tomb to be made)'. It is possible that this graveslab is the same as that described by Knowles (1903, 123-4) who gives the inscription as: Here lie Thomas Dungan of Ballynecloy, gentleman, and his wife, Margaret Carney, and their son, William Dungan, gentleman, of the same place, who caused this monument to be erected to the memory of themselves and their heirs male, on the 1st day of April A.D. 1627. Knowles (1903, 124) also states that the 'armorial bearings of the family were cut on this stone slab; they are almost obliterated'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• TS070-040048 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the second from the E of a row of graveslabs. A slab (L 1.83m; Wth 0.94m; T 0.15m) with a marginal inscription in plain script in latin, with no decorative motif. It was transcribed by Brennan (1862-3, 147) as: HIC JACET BERNARDUS KEARNEY BURGI DE FIDERDIA FILIUS MARITII KEARNEY BURGI IBIDEM QUI BERNARDUS OBIIT XXVII DIE APRILIS ANNO DONI MDCLXXXII. MATIS SUAE XXXVIII CUJUS UXOR KATHERINA KEARNEY ALS DWYER ME FIERI FECIT ANNO DNI 1687. A sketch of the slab provided by Brennan shows the inscription, however it is misleading as the Gothic script typeface implies that the inscription is in Black Letter script and the words are not positioned according to their actual position on the slab. Knowles (1903, 120) provides a translation of the inscription as follows: Here lies Bernard Kearney, Burgess of Fethard, son of Maurice Kearney, also a Burgess. Bernard died the 27th day of April, A.D. 1687, in the 38th year of his age. His wife Catherine Kearney, née Dwyer, erected this monument, A.D. 1687. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• TS070-040049 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the third from the E of a row of graveslabs. A slab (L above ground 1.6m; Wth 1.15m; T 0.15m) the lower portion of which is buried or missing. Both edges are chamfered (Wth 0.04m) and there is also an under cut chamfer (Wth 0.11m) (Maher 1997, 56). It is decorated with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. Foliate motifs including a trefoil or fleur-de-lis, occur in the four sunken segments of the cross-head. Beneath the cross-head there is a four-barred knop. There is a marginal inscription in latin, in Black Letter script which Maher (1997, 56) transcribes as: HIC JACET THEOBALDUS BUTLER DE DARRELUSKAN GENEROSUS ET... which was translated by Knowles (1903, 142) as 'Here lies Theobald Butler of Darreloskan, Gentleman and Catherine'. To the left of the cross-shalft there is a shield carrying a coat of six quarters, described by Crotty (2012, 60) as, '1 and 5 [Gold] with a [blue] chief indented and over all three escallops arranged in bend [counterchanged] (BUTLER of Dunboyne); 2 and 6 Three [golden] covered cups [on a red field] (BUTLER); 3 and 4 A [black] fess [on silver] (PETYT). On the sinister side there appears to be a very worn achievement of arms with a curvaceous shield, lion-like supporters and a helmet'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 4 March 2012

• TS070-040050 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the fourth from the E of a row of graveslabs. Described by Maher (1997, 57) as the lower portion of a slab (H above ground 1.13m; Wth 0.93m; T 0.13m) with a chamfer (Wth 0.03m) along the dexter and sinister edges, which is decorated, in relief with 'the lower portion of a cross-shaft which terminates in a pillar-base form. On either side of it are two worn heraldic shields, the dexter example featuring a decorative base. An inscription in Black Letter occurs along the dexter and sinister edges of the slab. It is very worn and only the following is legible: Sinister: 1[superscript A]...2 [superscript O] (N?)US UXORE...F.ERIB91. Dexter: ...MAII...'. There is a rectangular perforation at the base of the slab which suggests that at some stage it may have been re-used as a spud-stone. The surface of the slab is badly scored. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• TS070-040051 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the fourth from the W of a row of graveslabs. A slab (H above ground 1.52m; Wth 0.97m; average T 0.19m) in good condition with roll-mouldings on the dexter side. Its surface has a broad border (Wth 0.15-0.17m) with a three-armed cross in relief. 'The transerverse terminals of the cross end in trefoils while the upper terminal merges with the border. Three cross-bands occur at the base of the cross-head, surmounting the cross-shaft. A similar motif occurs at the base of the shaft, surmounting a pillar-base form. The sol et lunulae motif occurs at the top of the slab: the former occupying the dexter corner and the latter the sinister corner' (Maher 1997, 57). There is no indication of an inscription. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• TS070-040052 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the third from the W of a row of graveslabs. Described by Maher (1997, 57) as a slab (H above ground 1.74m; Wth 0.83m; average T 0.12m) which is decorated with 'a cross in relief, with a large trefoil at each arm terminal. These arms emanate from a lozenge-shaped centre. Three cross-bands occur at the base of the cross-head, surmounting the cross-shaft. A similar feature occurs at the base of the shaft surmounting the cross-base, portion of which is buried. A narrow raised border occurs along the margin of the design of the cross, and the slab features a broad borader. An inscription in Roman lettering commences along the sinister side of the slab and continues along the shaft and head of the cross. It has been published by Knowles (1903, 145) as follows: HI QUAMVIS TUMULO SAXOQUE PREMENTE QUIESCANT TU TAMEN HIS REQUEIM QUAM PETIERE VOVE. BEATI. MORTUI QU. IN. DOMINO. MORIUNTUR. Knowles (1903, 145) translated the Latin verse as follows: (Although beneath this tomb in ashes now they lie still grant them thou O Lord! The rest they craved on high.). The following groups of letters occur on the cross-head: M.M.M.M. S.U.A.M. N.S.M.S. M.M.D. 0.M.D.M.M. The meaning of these is uncertain'. The upper sinister edge and top of the slab has hollow and ovolo mouldings, the underside of which has a hollow chamfer. The top sinister edge is broken off. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• TS070-040053 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the second from the W of a row of graveslabs. This slab (H above ground 1.83m; Wth 0.99m; D 0.145m) has an upper chamfered edge (Wth 0.03m) on the dexter side, with a chamfer underneath (Wth 0.085m). It is decorated in relief with a banded seven-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. The inscription, in english in Roman lettering, runs around the the border and continues up the cross-shaft and band. It was transcribed by Knowles (1903, 141) as 'This monument reserves the corpse of James Butler, Esquier, son to the Lord Baron of Dunboyne, deceased the last day of Novermber, A.D. 1619, whose mourning wife, Dame Ellen, daughter of Sir Walter Butler, Earl of Ormonde, erected him the same'. An earlier transcription by Brennan (1862-3, 147) is erroneous as it gives the father of Dame Ellen as 'SIR WALTER O'BRIAN EARL OF THOMOND' and in the accompanying sketch of the graveslab the placing of the wording does not represent how it actually appears on the slab. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 12 January 2012

• TS070-040054 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external N wall of the N transept, the westernmost of a row of graveslabs. This slab (H above ground 1.1m; Wth 0.73m; D 0.15m) is partially buried in the ground, the lower portion is not visible. It is decorated in relief with a banded seven-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross is quite faded. The inscription, in english in Roman lettering, runs around the border, beginning in the top dexter corner, and reads: HERE LYES CHRISTOPHER NUGENT 1 BA.......Y OF APRILL IN THE YEARE 1672. It was transcribed by Brennan (1862-3, 147) and appears on a sketch of the graveslab, however, the placing of the wording is not completely accurate and does not represent how it actually appears on the slab. Brennan's transcription is as follows: CHARLES CHRISTOPHER NUGENT 1 BARON OF DELVINI WHO DIED 15 DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR 1672' (Brennan 1862-3, 149). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040055 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), standing against the external E wall of the N transept. This slab (H above ground 1.33m; Wth 0.86m; average T 0.11m) has a chamfer along the sinister edge (Wth 0.03m) and an undercut chamfer (Wth 0.12m), the lower portion of the slab is buried in the ground (Maher 1997, 57). The decorated surface, which is quite faded, is described by Maher (ibid.) as consisting of 'a seven-armed segmental crss in relief with fleur-de-lis terminals. Two simple cross-bands occur at the base of the cross-head, surmounting the cross-shaft. An inscription in Black Letter commences on the dexter border and continues between it and the cross-shaft. It is very worn and only the date is legible: MCCCC(C)VIII (1508?)'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040056 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), lying face down beside the external E wall of the N transept, adjacent to an upright graveslab (TS070-040055-). Only portion of this slab survives (L 0.64m; Wth 0.54m; T c. 0.12m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040057 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), under an arch in the E wall of the N transept. This slab, lying on its side facing E, is one of three graveslabs (uppermost TS070-040058-; facing W TS070-040059-) which have been positioned to take the form of a chest tomb. The dexter edge, including the border, is embedded in the ground. Described by Maher (1997, 57) as consisting of 'a seven-armed segmental cross carved in relief. Three cross-bands occurs at the base of the cross-head, surmounting the cross-shaft. A similar feature occurs at the base of the shaft, surmounting a pillar-base form. The inscripition, which is in Black Letter is visible only on the sinister side and across the base of the slab. It reads: HIC JACET TOMAS TILIUS O.... LE BUT(T)LET E(T)OH?(A)N(NA) (F)ILIA DERM(OT).. This was translated by Knowles (1903, 110) as: (Here lies Thomas, son of Edmund le Buttler and Johanna, daughter of Dermot O'Mulryan, A.D. 1524'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040058 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), under an arch in the E wall of the N transept. This is the uppermost of three graveslabs (facing E TS070-040057-; facing W TS070-040059-) which have been positioned to take the form of a chest tomb. The slab (L 2.13m; Wth 0.69m; T 0.21m) has a chamfer (Wth 0.05m) around all edges. It is decorated with a seven-armed segmental cross carved in relief with three cross-bands at the base of the cross-head and a single cross-band at the base of the cross-shaft surmounting the pillar-form base. There is no inscription or date visible in the well defined border. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040059 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), under an arch in the E wall of the N transept. This slab, lying on its side facing W, is one of three graveslabs (uppermost TS070-040058-; facing E TS070-040057-) which have been positioned to take the form of a chest tomb. This slab (L 2.15m; Wth 0.52m) is decorated with a three-armed cross, in relief, with trefoil terminals. There is a lozenge in the centre of the cross bearing an I.H.S. inscription with a floral motif above and a heart below. Under the cross-head there is a three-barred knop. The cross-shaft rises from a curving calvary mount with a skull and cross-bones. The marginal inscription, in latin, in Gothic script is difficult to decipher but the letters OMAS O across the top suggest that it is the slab transcribed by Knowles (1903, 115-16) as: Here lie Thomas O'Meagher and his wife, Eliza Carran, on whose souls, O Lord, have mercy. This monument was erected by their son....1642. According to Knowles (ibid., 116) the son's name was almost totally obliterated. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040060 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), inserted in the internal face of the E wall of the N transept. This slab (L 2.07m; Wth 1.03m) is decorated with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross, in relief, with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head and another at the base of the cross-shaft which rests on a pillar-form base. The marginal inscription, in latin, in Gothic script has been transcribed by Maher (1997, 58) as: HIC IACET THADAEUS DONILL O MEAGHER DE BALIDINI ET ANASTATIA PUR(R?)TIA/ETI' UXOR QUI ME FIERI FECERUT 20 MAII A DNI 1600. Brennan (1863, 246) also transcribed this inscription but according to Maher it is inaccurate. Knowles (1903, 115) translated the inscription as: Here lies Thadeus Donall O, Meagher of Ballidiul and Anastatia Purcell his wife, who caused this monument to be erected, the 20th day of May, A.D. 1600. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040061 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), lying on its sinister side against the internal E wall of the N transept, adjacent to the exterior of the N wall of the nave. The upper dexter side of this slab has broken away and the lower sinister corner is missing. This slab (L 1.9m; Wth 0.68m; average T 0.12m) is decorated with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross, in relief, with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross head has motifs in the four central sections, consisting of a vine-leaf, a marigold, a trefoil and a cross moline. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head and another at the base of the cross-shaft. The cross-shaft rests on a pillar-base form. According to Maher (1997, 58) an inscription, in Roman lettering which reads: PROSE. SUAQUE/PROGENIE. 24..../REDMU.... commences at the base and continues along the dexter side and across the top of the slab. The slab appears to have been more intact when Knowles (1903, 125) translated the inscription as: Redmund Vinn, who caused this stone to be erected to the memory of himself and his children, 24 December .... Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040062 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), lying on its dexter side against the external E wall of the N transept, adjacent to the exterior of the N wall of the nave. The lower sinister corner of this slab has broken away, and the lower sinister corner is chipped. This slab (L 2.17m; Wth 0.98m; average T 0.07m) has a chamfer (Wth 0.03m) along the top and base and sinister edge (Maher 1997, 58). It is decorated with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross, in relief, with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross-head has a floral motifs in each of the four central sections. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head and another at the base of the cross-shaft. The cross-shaft rests on a pillar-base form. On the dexter side of the cross-shaft there are the letters IHS in raised Black Letter script. On the sinister side there is a shield, an ogee-based rectangle, which shows a chief indented debruised by a bendlet (Crotty 2012, 58). Crotty suggests this is the coat of the Dunboyne branch of the Butler family, though the Power family of County Waterford also bore a chief indented (ibid.). A faded inscription, in Black Letter script, runs along the top, sinister and base border. It is best preserved along the top which reads: HIC JACET THADEUS OWNS MEAGHER.. (Maher 1997, 58). Knowles (1903, 113) translated the inscription as: Here lie Thaddeus Owns Meagher and Honora Keeghan, his wife, wo erected this monument before their death, A.D. 1540'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 4 March 2015

• TS070-040063 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), lying flat between the external E wall of the N transept and external N wall of the nave. The lower portion of this slab is missing. This slab (L 1.75m; Wth 1.07m; T 0.11m) is decorated with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross, in relief, with fleur-de-lis terminals. The cross-head has a floral motifs in each of the four central sections. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head. There is an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, along the top and dexter border which Maher (1997, 58) transcribes as: HIC JACET PETRUS BU(TLER)/.... .... QUI ME FIERI FECIT PIT ORTE EI' PETRUS.... Knowles (1903, 141) translates this as 'Here lie Peter Butler and Norah O'Quinn, 'Or Kenny,' who erected this Monument. Peter Butler died XI day of Jan. A.D. 1571'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040064 Graveslab
  Description

  Inserted into the N end of the E wall of the modern sacristy of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-) where it is re-used as a quoin stone. This fragment of a graveslab (dims. 0.44m x 0.28m) is partly covered by pebble-dash rendering. The fragment bears an inscription in latin which reads: O DNI 1645. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040065 Graveslab
  Description

  Inserted into the E end of the N wall of the modern sacristy of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-) where it is reused as a quoin stone. This fragment of a graveslab (dims. 0.47m x 0.22m) bears lettering but it is not legible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 16 January 2012

• TS070-040066 Graveslab
  Description

  In the graveyard (TS070-040044-) of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), inserted in the internal face of the N wall of the N transept. This graveslab fragment (dims. 0.26m x 0.1m) is decorated with portion of a cross-head, probably from a seven-armed segmental cross (Maher 1997, 59). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• TS070-040067 Graveslab
  Description

  Inserted, on its side, into the external E wall of the E range extending N-S from the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-). This is the upper portion of this graveslab (dims. 0.66m x 0.64m), though the dexter top and side are missing. It is decorated with a seven-armed segmental cross with fleur-de-lis terminals and a barred-knop at the base of the cross-head. Only three of the arms are intact. There are some traces of Black Letter script in the border along the sinister top and upper side. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• TS070-040068 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the S wall of the nave of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), towards the E end. This rectangular limestone slab (L 1.56m; H 0.74m) has a border around the edge and on a sunken panel within, taking up most of the slab, there is an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, with a heraldic shield on the dexter portion. The inscription was transcribed by Brennan (1862-3, 147) as: HIC JACENT RICARDUS WALE DE RATHKYNNY GENEROSUS ET CATHERINA WALE ALIAS CARRAN FILIA MATHIAE CARRAN DE MOBARNANE EJUS UXOR QUAE HOC MONUMENTUM SIBI ET HAEREDIBUS MAJORIBUS DE CORPORE EORUM ET PARENTIBUS IPSORUM QUE PRAESENTIBUS FIERI FECERUNT. QUORUM ANIMABUS ORATE AD DOMINUM DATUM ULTIMO FEBRUARII SALUTIS 1635. It has been translated by Knowles (1903, 121) as, 'Here lie Richard Wale of Rathkenny, gentleman, and his wife Catherine Wale, née Carran, daughter of Malachy Carran of Mobarnan, who erected this monument for themselves, their offspring, male, and their descendants. Pray for the repose of their souls. Erected the last day of February in the year of Salvation 1635'. The shield is straight-sided with a strongly ogival base (Crotty 2012, 54). The arms on the dexter side are those of the Wale or Wall, a lion passant gardant in clief and three crosses patée below (ibid.). The arms of Carran on the sinister are three lions passant, however, erroneously the sculptor has also included the crest, a swan, and crest-wreath, into the upper part of the field (ibid., 55). Beneath the respective sides of the shield are the initials R.W. and C.C. Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 54-6). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• TS070-040069 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the S wall of the aisle of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), towards the E end. This composite limestone monument (H 1.9m exclusing plaque; Wth 1.61m) consists of the Tobin heraldic achievement with supporting ovolo scrolls, which rests on a moulded plinth. Beneath the plinth there is a rectangular plaque (L 1.1m; H 0.4m) bearing a latin inscription in Black Letter script. The inscription, as transcribed by Brennan (1862-3, 146) reads: ORATE PRO ANIMABUS EDMONDI TOBIN DE LA BRISCELAGH GEN MARGARAE TOBIN UXORIS EJUS DEM THOMAE TOBIN FILII ET HAEREDIS IPSIUS ET JOANNE TOBIN ALS MARRENEL UXORIS IPSIUS THOMAE QUI HIC JACENT ET ME FIERI FECERUNT. ANNO DOMI 1634. BEAU MORTUI QUI IN DNO MORIUNTUR. HI QUAMBIS TUMULO SAXOQUE PREMENTE QUIESCANT, TU TAMEN HIS REQUIEM QUAM PETIERE BOLES. It has been translated by Knowles (1903, 117) as, 'Pray for the souls of Edmund Tobin of Brisclagh, Gentleman, and Margaret Tobin, his wife. Thomas Tobin, their son and heir, and Jane Tobin, alias Marrinel, the wife of Thomas, who are interred here, and by whom this mounument was erected, A.D. 1634'. The achievement shows impaled arms and two crested helmets with wreaths and mantling, all in high relief (Crotty 2012, 48). The shield, which is straight sided with an ogee base, has the arms of the Tobin on the dexter side, three oak leaves. In the centre is a crescent, the cadency mark of a second son (ibid.). One the sinister side are the arms of the Cahir branch of the Butler family, the chief indented with an added canton showing the figure of Christ on a cross Calvary (ibid.). This coat is also differenced with a crescent (ibid.). The dexter helmet carries the Tobin crest, a demi-lion holding an oak branch. The sinister helmet carries the Butler crest, a falcon rising from a plume of five ostrich feathers. Both crests, like the arms, are differenced with a crescent (ibid.). Below the shield is the name of Edmond Tobin. Just within the scrolls there are two small shields on either side surmounted by marigolds. The dexter shield shows three covered cups of Buter, with the initials I.B. below. The sinister shows a lion rampant crowned with a ducal coronet and overlaid by a bend which is itself charged with three escallop shells (ibid., 49). The initials below, I.M., may represent Joanna Marrinel (ibid.). The heraldic achievement is surmounted by a large moulded cornice on which rests a semi-circular open-fan device, surmounted by a squared pillar topped with ball and flanked by obelisks, again topped with ball, though only one survives. Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 47-50). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 3 March 2015

• TS070-040070 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the S face of the S wall of the chancel of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-) above a round arch which connects the chancel with the former Dunboyne Chapel. The limestone monument is decorated with Edmond Dunboyne’s coat-of-arms impaled with those of FitzGerald as Edmond's wife, Ellen, was daughter of Gerald, the fifteenth Earl of Desmond (Crotty 2004, 155). Edmond, Ellen’s third husband, died in 1640 and the monument was erected by his wife who died in 1660 (Crotty 2012, 54). Crotty (2004, 152-6) describes the arms as being quartered, the first and fourth quarters are the arms of the Dunboyne branch of the Butler family - a chief indented charged with three golden escallops or scallop shells. The second quarter shows three covered cups and the third quarter shows the arms of Petyt, a fesse or horizontal stripe. The shield is held by two supporters, a lion gardant and a horse. The shield is surmounted by a tilting helm with mantling. A scroll under the arms bears the motto: TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE, meaning the fear of the Lord is the fountain of life. The plaque rests on a plain ledge. Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 53-4). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 17 January 2012

• TS070-040071 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the S face of the S wall of the chancel of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-) near the E gable. A limestone plaque, defined by a plain border, bears the arms of St John. The shield is rectangular with a slightly ogival base. The field is of ermine and charged with a chief on which are three mullets (Crotty 2012, 51-2). The crest, a falcon rising, stands upon a wreath resting on a closed helm with mantling. The supports are two monkeys. Below is the inscription: THE ARMES OF ST. JOHN. Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 51-2). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 3 March 2015

• TS070-040072 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the S face of the S wall of the chancel of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-) above the intersection of two round arches which connects the chancel with the former Dunboyne Chapel. This limestone plaque, within a frame, carries two heater-shaped shields divided by an elaborate foliate motif. The dexter shield bears a chief indented overlaid by a narrow bendlet charged with three scallop shells (Crotty 2012, 45). The sinister shield shows two lions passant to the sinister, the lower one of which is gardant (ibid.). Crotty suggests that the shields indicate a marriage between James, seventh Baron of Dunboyne by prescription and his wife, Mór, daughter of Donnchadh O’Brien (ibid., 46). Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 45-7). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 3 March 2012

• TS070-040073 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the internal face of the N wall of the N transept of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-). The limestone composite monument consists of a plain entablature of architrave, frieze and moulding. Beneath which, within a frame on either side, are two imposts on which rests a rounded arch enclosing a sunken panel with a long inscription, the whole resting on a plain plinth. Within the spandrels of the rounded arch there are two shields, the dexter shield a saltire, while the sinister shield is that of the Dunboynes, described below. Crotty (2012, 64) notes that these shields have been transposed in error, the husband’s arms normally appearing on the dexter side. The latin inscription has been transcribed by Brennan (1862-3, 146) as: ANTIQVVM HOC MONVMENTVM ILLVSTRISSIMORVM BARONVM DE DVNBOYNE NOVA HAC FABRICA RESTAVRAVIT D. ELLINA GERALDINA COMITIS DESMONIAE FILIA DOMINA DE DVNBOYNE MARITO SVO PERDILECTO DEMONDO BVTLERO D. BARONI DE DVNBOYNE OVI OBIJT 17 MARTIJ 1640. EPITAPHJVM. HIC SITVS EST DEMONDVS ID EST SVB MARMORE MVNDUS MONDVS INEST ISTO TOTVS VBI ISTE JACET. Knowles (1903, 135-6) translates this as, 'This ancient Monument of the most illustrious Barons of Dunboyne was restored to its present state by Dame Ellen Geraldine Lady Dunboyne, daughter of the Count of Desmond, in memory of her husband, Edmund Butler, Lord Baron of Dunboyne, who died the 17th of March, 1640. Epitaph. Here lies Edmund, under the cold marble pure and undefiled, My whole world lies beneath where he sleepeth'. Above the entablature there is a contoured heraldic plaque enclosed by a moulded pediment, now broken. It is decorated with Edmund Dunboyne's arms (Crotty 2004, 155), similar to one within the abbey church (TS070-040070-). Crotty (2004, 152-6) describes the arms as being quartered, the first and fourth quarters are the arms of the Dunboyne branch of the Butler family - a chief indented charged with three golden escallops or scallop shells. The second quarter shows three covered cups and the third quarter shows the arms of Petyt, a fesse or horizontal stripe. The shield is held by two supporters, a lion gardant and a horse. The shield is surmounted by a tilting helm with mantling. The Butler crest is shown as a falcon rising from a plume of ten ostrich feathers (Crotty 2012, 64). It rests on a crest-wreath, the twisted skein of silk which is often found covering the junction of the helmet and crest. A scroll under the arms bears the motto: TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE meaning the fear of the Lord is the fountain of life. Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 63-5). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 3 March 2015

• TS070-040074 Wall monument
  Description

  Inserted in the internal face of the N wall of the N transept of the Augustinian abbey (TS070-040004-), immediately S of the Dunboyne monument (TS070-040073-). This limestone monument (H 0.6m; Wth 0.82m) consists of a contoured heraldic plaque displaying a shield bearing a saltire, three ermine tails in the upper and dexter portions of the field and six in each of the other (Crotty 2012, 61). The crest is a boar passant on a very heavy wreath, resting on a closed helmet with mantling in four main masses on either side (ibid., 62). The supporters are winged lions, probably intended as griffins (ibid.). Beneath the shield is a scroll with the motto: SANNID A BOWE, a war-cry invoking victory to the FitzGerald stronghold of Shannid Castle (ibid.). Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 61-2). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 January 2012

• TS070-040076 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor of the centre aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 2.13m; Wth 0.77m) decorated in relief with a three-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, the centre of the cross-head is encircled with a crown of thorns and there is a sun in the upper dexter corner and a moon in the upper sinister corner. The cross-shaft rests on a curving calvary mount. Both sides of the shaft display symbols of the Passion. On the dexter side, surmounted by the initial P, there is a cock on the scourging pillar flanked by whips, beneath which are two scourges, a sceptre of reeds and Peter's sword. On the sinister side, surmounted by the initial M, there is a ladder, pincers, pieces of silver and a bag, a one piece garment and a jug and ewer. There is a latin inscription, not clearly legible, in Black Letter script, around the border of the slab, with two rows of script along the base and dexter side. Long (1892-4, vol. 2, 210) transcribes it as: HIC JACET PETRUS MORGANUS F[?] JOHANNIS MORGANII ET CATHERINE MULRONY FILI [?] SISTE VIATOR ITER VESTRE SORTIS QS MEMENTO UT MEA MORS HODIE ERASQUE FUTURA TUA SIQUA TIBI TENERO SUBSIT CLEMENTIA CORDE PROME FUNDE PIAS LECTOR AMICE PRECES 1631. The inscription has been translated by Long (ibid.), with a similar version by Knowles (1903, 157), though the later gives the date for the graveslab as 1671 rather than 1631. The translation by Knowles (ibid.) is, 'Here lies Peter Morgan, B. F. (Burgess of Fethard), son of John Morgan and Catherine Mulrony. Pause here, O Pilgrim, and think of thy lot with sorrow, As I am dead to-day, so thou shalt be to-morrow; If in thy tender heart be aught of clemency, Pour forth, O friendly reader, pious prayers for me. A. D. 1671'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040077 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor of the centre aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.74m; Wth 0.68m) decorated in relief with a seven-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a three-barred knop at the top of the cross-shaft and the shaft rests on a pillar-base form. There is a latin inscription, in Roman script, around the border. This inscription has been transcribed by Long (1982-4, vol. 2, 210) and by Davis White (1892, 99), the latter's version is, 'Hic jacet Johanes Hackett, Burges et uxor Eleanor Sall, quae obiit, A. D. 1613'. This is translated by Knowles (1903, 157) as, 'Here lie John Hackett, Burgess, and his wife, Elicia Sall, the latter died on the 21st day of May, 1613'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040078 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor at the E end of the N aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.86m; Wth 0.77m) decorated in relief with a seven-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a three-barred knop at the top of the cross-shaft and another knop at the base of the shaft which rests on a triangular cross-base. There is a shield on the dexter side of the cross shaft. There is a inscription in the border but it is illegible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040079 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor at the W end of the N aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.89m; Wth 0.8m) decorated in relief with a banded three-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a sun motif in the upper dexter corner and a moon in the upper sinister corner. The centre of the cross-head is encircled by a crown of thorns. There is a three-barred knop beneath the angled band. The cross-shaft rests on a plain pillar base which is stepped at the top. There is a inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, which runs around the border. It has been transcribed by Brennan (1862-3, 250) as: HIC JACET RICARDU HENES QUI OBIIT XXIX DIE DECEMBRIS ANO DONI 1615 CUJUS PERDILECTUS FRATER THOMAS HENES ETIAM UXOR IPIUS ANASTASIA ARCHER ME FIERI FECERUNT and translated slightly erroneously by Knowles (1903, 154) and by Long (1907-09, vol. 7, 176) as, 'Here lies Richard Henes, who died the 29th day of December A.D. 1615. His beloved brother Thomas Henes & his wife, Anastasia Archer had me made'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040080 Graveslab
  Description

  Inserted into a recess in the N wall of the current organ room, in the NE angle of the former nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 2.18m; Wth 1.05m; T 0.07m - consisting of a staight edge D 0.04m and under-cut chamfer Wth 0.05m) decorated in relief with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a three-barred knop at the base of the cross-head and the base of the cross-shaft which rests on a pillar-base form. There is a shield on either side of the cross-shaft. The dexter shield bears three hackeds hauriant with the name 'Hacket' above and the sinister shield bears lozengy (rows of alternating lozenges) with the name 'Rokel' above (Crotty 2012, 24-6). The inscription, in latin, in Black Letter script, runs around the boarder, and continues along the cross-shaft, base and head. FitzGerald (1903, vol. 5, 451) gives an expanded transcription as: HIC JACENT EDMUNDUS HACKET ET ANNA ROKEL QUI / IN HUJ /US ECCLESIAE RESTAURACIONE PIE / OBIIT XXVIIo DIE MENSIS JULII ANo DNI MCCCCCVIII / VALETE SANCTORES /QUI /EXISTERUNT / SPES, which he translates as, 'Here lies EDMUND HACKET (and ANNA ROKEL) who [while engaged] in the restoration of this church piously died on the 27th of July, A.D. 1508. Farewell most saintly who existed'. The latin inscription continues, as transcribed by Garstin 1892 (ibid. 450): TESTIS ES CHRISTE QUOD HIC NON JACET IAPIS ISTE CORPUS UT ORNETUR SED UT SP[IRITU]S MEMORETUR. HIC QUI TU TRANSIS, MAGNUS, MEDIUS, PUER AN SIS PRO ME FUNDE PRECES [SIC NISI SUE ME] (SPES). Garstin (ibid. 451) also provides a free translation, 'Thou art witness, O Christ, that this / Stone does not lie here to adorn the / Body, but to call to mind the soul. Here do you who pass by - whether you are / A great fellow, an ordinary person, or a / Mere lad - pour forth prayers for me. Sic nisi sue me spes. valete sanctores qui existerunt. So shall your efforts be my hope farewell most saintly who existed'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040081 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the NE angle of the former nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently the organ room of Holy Trinity C of I church. The Hackett/Roket graveslab (TS070-040080-) lies immediately to the W. The lower portion of a tapering limestone slab (L 0.79m; Wth at top 0.47m; Wth at base 0.41m; T 0.05m including an under-cut chamfer Wth 0.025m) which is somewhat chipped along the dexter edge. It is decorated with an incised cross-shaft with a stepped base. According to Maher (1997, 59-60) 'an incised lozenge, which is quartered, occurs on the middle of the cross-stem. It is, perhaps, contemporary. An inscription in Lombardic lettering occurs along the base and sinister side. It is illegible'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040082 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor in the S aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A tapering limestone slab (L 1.06; Wth at top 0.38m; Wth at base 0.23m) which is described by Maher (1997, 59) as follows, 'The outline incised design consists of an encircled cross-head which features three partially surviving pennanular, interlocking circles. The remainder of the design is rather worn. A simple outline trefoil occurs at the base of the cross-stem. The outer edges of the slab are defined by a groove. There is no evidence for an original inscription, however, a modern one, incised in Roman capitals, occurs across the base of the cross-head. It reads: MEARY CONNELL'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040083 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor in the E end of the S aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A slightly tapering limestone slab (L 1.87; Wth at top 0.57m; Wth at base 0.55m) decorated by a seven-armed segmental-headed cross, in relief, with a two-barred knop at the base of the cross-head. The cross-shaft rests on a pillar-base form. An inscription in latin, in Roman script, reads: HIC JACET JOHANNES HIGGIN ET UXOR EIUS ELENA MORRISIS QUI HOC FIERI FECERUNT, Ao 1627. Knowles (1904, 156) translates this as, 'Here lies John Higgin and his wife, Ellen Morrisis, who erected this Monument, A.D. 1627'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040084 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor in the SE angle of the former nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently the vestry of Holy Trinity C of I church. This limestone slab is broken, the main lower portion (L 1.05m; Wth 0.75m) of the slab is intact and two pieces (sinister corner L 0.31m; Wth 0.34m; upper sinister side L 0.55m; Wth 0.41m) from the upper sinister portion are embedded in the floor above the lower piece but not in their original positions. The upper dexter portion is missing. The slab is decorated in relief, though only one arm of the banded three-armed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals is intact. There a moon motif in the fragment from the upper sinister corner. The centre of the cross-head is encircled by a crown of thorns. There is a three-barred knop beneath the angled band towards the base of the cross-shaft. The cross-shaft rests on a plain pillar base which is stepped at the top. There is a inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, which runs around the border. It was transcribed and translated by Long (1907-09, vol. 7, 177) as: HIC JACET REDMOND NASH QUI OBIIT VT DECr AO DNI 1629; CUJ' FILI' EDMOND NAISH ET UXOR EJ' ALLANA EVERARD ME FIERI FECERUT. 'Here lies Redmond Nash who died 6th December A.D. 1629; his son Edmond and his wife Elenor Everard caused me to be made'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 19 January 2012

• TS070-040085 Graveslab
  Description

  In a recumbent position in the porch of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. According to O'Leary (1928, 161-2) this slab was discovered in October 1928 buried c. 0.6m below ground 'in the churchyard, near the ruins know as the Lady Chapel' and was lifted to the same position above ground. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.9m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.18m with chamfered edge 0.03m) decorated in relief with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. Beneath the cross-head there is a two-barred knop and at the base of the cross-shaft there is a three-barred knop. The cross-shaft rests on a pillar-base form. There is an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, around the border which has been transcribed and translated by O'Leary (1928, 162) as: HIC JACET AEDMUNDUS FILIUS JOHANNIS EVERARD QUI OBIIT SEXTO DIE MENSIS MARTII A DO M.CCCCC. OCTAVO.CUI' AIE MICEATUR DEUS. AMEN. Here lies Edmund, son of John Everard, who died on the sixth day of the month of March, A. D. MCCCCC eight; on whose soul may God have mercy. Amen. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 20 January 2012

• TS070-040086 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor towards the eastern end of the centre aisle of the nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.66m; Wth 0.83m) with an english inscription in capitals around the border which continues in horizontal bands down the centre of the slab. The inscription reads: HERE LYETH YE BODY OF THO CLEARE SON OF THOMAS & ESTER CLEARE OF MILESTOWNE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 13TH DEC/BER AND IN YE 11 YEARE OF HIS AGE 1691. HERE LYES EDWARD CLEARE SON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 21[12?]TH OF DEC/BER IN THE 9 YEARE OF HIS AGE 1691. HERE LYETH THE BODY OF THO CLEARE OF KILBURRY WHO DECEASED THE 9TH OF JANUARY 1705. Brennan (1862-3, 249) gives a slightly erroneous transcription which is repeated by Davis White (1892, 97), however Long (1892-4, vol. 2, 211) and Knowles (1903, 153) give versions that are more accurate. There are no decorative motifs on the slab. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040087 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying at the E end of the former chancel of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. This graveslab was buried at the E end of the chancel and was discovered when a vault for Wray Palliser was being built in 1861. It is a rectangular limestone slab (L 2.1m; Wth 0.75m) which is decorated with a seven-armed segmental-headed cross with fleur-de-lis terminals. There is a knop at the base of the cross-head and another at the base of the cross-shaft. The lower part of the cross-base is rectangular while the upper portion is triangular in shape. The inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, runs around the border and up the cross-base and shaft. Brennan (1864-6, 16) transcribes the inscription as: HIC JACET ROBERTUS NALE QUIESCENS QUI FUIT SUPERIOR FIDERDIAE ET JOHANNA EVE'RD UXOR EIS.QUI M. FIERI FECERUT ANTE MORT'IPSOR' ANO DNI Mo.CCCCCo LIIo IDE ROBERT OBIIT ANO DNI Mo Vc LXIo. The inscription was also transcribed by Stephens (Vigors and French 1895-97, vol. 3, 335-6) and translated as follows, 'Here lies ROBERT NALE at rest who was superior of Federd [Fethard] and JOHANNA EVERARD his wife, who me let make before their death in the year of our Lord 1552. The same ROBERT died in the year of our Lord 1561'. Long (1907-09, vol. 7, 178) also transcribed the inscription but he interpreted Robert's surname as 'Vale'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 4 March 2015

• TS070-040088 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying at the E end of the former chancel of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. It is possible that this graveslab, like its neighbour (TS070-040087-) was buried at the E end of the chancel and was discovered when a vault for Wray Palliser was being built in 1861. It is a tapering rectangular limestone slab (L 1.95m; Wth at top 0.69m; Wth at base 0.57m) which is decorated in relief with a central IHS motif, with a cross rising from the bar of the H, and beneath this motif there is heart, with the initials P. H., surmounted by three nails. The latin inscription in Roman capitals reads: EXVLTABO IN above the central motif and: DEO IESV MEO around the heart. There is no date visible on this graveslab. According to a transcription by Long (1907-09, vol. 7, 179) the inscription continued with, 'QUI FUIT SEPERIOR FIDERDIAE ET', however, this is no longer visible. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040089 Graveslab
  Description

  Inserted into the base of the 13th-century tomb niche in the N wall of the former chancel of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), the nave of which is currently Holy Trinity C of I church. The complete slab is not visible, the upper portion being obscured by the Palliser vault which was crudely inserted in 1861. The limestone slab (L at least 1.7m; Wth 0.42m) is decorated in relief with a three-armed banded cross with fleur-de-lis terminals, though the upper fleur-de-lis is not visible. There is a three-barred knop on the cross-shaft beneath the band. The cross-shaft rises from a simple curving calvary mount. An inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, runs along the sinister border and the chamfered edge on the sinister side. It appears to read: EQO DORMIO ET COR MEUM UIGILAT CAM 5 ME FIERI FECIT D PAUL HAKET DICATUIS FID 1643. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040090 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying recumbent in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. A rectangular limestone slab (L 1.8m; Wth 0.71m; T 0.12m) the upper surface of which is very worn. The lower dexter corner is missing. It is decorated, in relief with a three-armed cross with a large trefoil terminating each arm and a sunken lozenge at the centre of the cross-head. There is a rectangular panel on either side of the cross-shaft. The cross-shaft rises from a simple curving calvary mount. There is an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, but it is not clearly legible, apart from HIC JACET GASPARD in the lower sinister corner, however, it was transcribed by Long (1907-09, vol. 7, 178) as: HIC JACET GASPARD..........QUI OBIIT MARCH A.D. 1635 ET ELLENA HACKETT UXOR EJUSQUE ME FIERI FECITT [sic]. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 4 March 2015

• TS070-040091 Graveslab
  Description

  Reused as a headstone in the graveyard (TS070-040031-) 10m SW of the SW angle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. The slab is spawled along the lower dexter side. A tapering limestone slab (L above ground 0.47m; Wth approx. mid-point 0.43m; Wth at base 0.37m; T 0.15m) which is embedded upside down in the graveyard. Only the lower portion of incised cross-shaft and the trefoil base, which is incised with a double line, is visible. Stylistically this dates to the 13th/14th century. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040092 Wall monument
  Description

  Set within a chamfered recess on the W face of the most easterly pier on the N side of the aisle of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. The Hackett arms of three hackeds (large pike) hauriant (Crotty 2012, 22; Went 1952, 115) are displayed in relief on a shield within a rectangular plaque (H 0.68m; Wth 0.47m). There is an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, along the top and bottom of the plaque and the top of the shield which has been transcribed (FitzGerald 1903, vol. 5, 451) as: SCUTUM MAGISTRI REDMONDI HACKET ET EDMONDI FILLII EJUSDEM FABRICATORII ISTIUS ECCLE. Under the hake is the word: HAKET. There is a floral motif in the lower dexter and sinister corner between the shield and the lower inscription. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040093 Wall monument
  Description

  Currently placed within a niche in the S wall of the nave, towards the W end, of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. This fragment consists of the lower dexter portion of an armorial plaque (H 0.65; Wth 0.46m) bearing the royal arms with an inscription 'VIVE LE R[OY]' along the bottom. The arms had been erroneously ascribed to Edward VI but more recent research has shown them to be the arms of Henry VIII (pers. comm. Tim Robinson 2008). The quartered shield bears the three lions passant gardant of England and the three fleur-de-lis of France with a crest of an arched crown. Only the dexter supporters survives, a dragon regardant (looking backwards) (Crotty 2012, 28). Only Henry VII and Henry VIII used the dragon as a supporter (ibid.). The companion supporter, now missing, was the white greyhound of the Beauforts (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 4 March 2015

• TS070-040095 Graveslab
  Description

  Incorporated as a step in the rood stair, a spiral stair in the thickness of the wall where the S wall of the chancel meets the nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. This limestone fragment (dims. 0.52m x 0.16m; T 0.12m) has a latin inscription, in relief, in Black Letter script with an interlace design followed by the letters: NSA. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993 Unpublished Urban Archaeological Survey field notes). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040096 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor near the N wall, towards the E end of the nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently the organ room of Holy Trinity C of I church. A tapering limestone slab (L 1.88m; Wth at top 0.62m; Wth at base 0.58m) with an inscription around the border in english, in Roman capitals, which reads: HERE LYETH THE BODY OF AN COOKE ALYES LANGLY YE WIFE OF PEETER COOKE BURGES IN FETHERD WHO PARTED THIS LIFE YE 12 OF FE/BRY IN YE YR OF OURE LORDE 1680. There appears to be no decoration in the centre of the slab. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040097 Graveslab
  Description

  Lying in the floor near the N wall, towards the E end of the nave of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently the organ room of Holy Trinity C of I church. It lies 0.9m S of Ann and Peter Cooke's graveslab (TS070-040096-) and 1.6m E of the W wall of the organ room. This limestone fragment, only portion of which is accessible (dims. 0.28m x 0.17m) continues under the wooden housing of the organ where it is visible, but not accessible, for a further c. 0.25m), it may continue E and S but this area is obscured by the organ and a wooden plinth W of the organ housing. This is a border fragment with an inscription in latin, in Black Letter script, which includes the word: HACKET. It may be the Hacket tomb, or part of, identified and transcribed by Brennan (1864-66, 17) as: HIC JACET TER. PATRICIUS HACKETT QUI OBIIT VIIo DIE MARTII ANO DNI 1675. THOMAS HACKETT FRATER ME FIERI FECITT ANNO Mo. DCo. LXXXo. This translates as, 'Here lies Patrick Hacket who died the 7th day of March in the year of Our Lord 1675. Thomas Hacket, brother, had me made in the year of Our Lord 1680. Brennan's transcription in Gothic script suggests that the original was in Black Letter script. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040098 Graveslab
  Description

  Incorporated in the internal face of the town wall which also forms the S boundary of the graveyard (TS070-040031-) of the medieval parish church of St John the Baptist (TS070-040001-), currently Holy Trinity C of I church. It is 1.27m above present ground level and 7.5m W of Edmond's Castle (TS070-040002-). This limestone fragment (dims. 0.48m x 0.22m) is chipped around all sides and the surface is somewhat spawled. There is a raised border along one edge with an illegible inscription in Black Letter script. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 23 January 2012

• TS070-040100 Armorial plaque
  Description

  Centrally placed on the front façade of the 17th-century almshouse (TS070-040003-). An achievement of arms, carved in limestone in false relief within a plain square frame (H 0.73m; Wth 0.68m) (Crotty 2012, 18). The square shield, curving gently to a point, is of four quarters (ibid.). The first and fourth are the arms of Butler of Dunboyne, a chief indented charged with three escallop shells, the second quarter shows the three covered cups of the Butlers and the third quarter shows a fess or broad horizontal band for le Petit of Meath (ibid., 18-19). The defaced helmet supports the crest wreath and crest, a demi-falcon with winds displayed, issuant from a plume of ostrich feathers (ibid., 19). The mantling takes the form of two sweeping, curved shapes at either side, each composed of several lobes (ibid.). The dexter supporter is a lion gardant, with a horse on the sinister (ibid.). The motto, on a straight scroll with curved ends, reads: TIMOR DOMINI FONS VITAE, which translates as the fear of the Lord is the fountain of life (ibid.). The inscription, ‘James Donboyne’ in capitals on the lower portion of the frame appears to be a later addition (ibid., 20). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 March 2015

• TS070-040101 Armorial plaque
  Description

  Towards the western end of the front façade of the 17th-century almshouse (TS070-040003-). Described in detail by Crotty (2012, 16018), an archievement of arms (H 0.72m; Wth 0.67m) in limestone in false relief, recessed within a moulded square frame (H 0.95m; Wth 1.03m; D 0.12m). The shield is straight-sided with rounded lower corners and a simple pointed base (ibid.). It is divided per pale (vertically), the dexter side showing an ermine field and a chief charged with two mullets for Everard while the arms of Roche, three roaches naiant (shown horizontally) appear on the sinister (ibid.). The crest is a pelican wounding itself to feed its three chicks, the crest wreath above the helmet doubling as a nest (ibid.). The mantling is formed of two large, multi-lobed billows at either side, the lower one terminating in a heavy tassel (ibid.). The motto, on a scroll in low relief, reads as, VIRTUS IN ACTIONE CONSISTAT, which translates as virtue consists in action (ibid., 17). The initials I E and A R appear in a recessed panel on the lower portion of the inner fame, indicating that the arms are those of John Everard and Amy Roche (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 March 2015

• TS070-040102 Crucifixion plaque
  Description

  Roughly centrally placed on the front facade of the almshouse (TS070-040003-). A depiction, in limestone, of the crucifixion in false relief (H 0.7m; Wth 0.67m), recessed with a moulded square frame (H 1m; Wth 0.95m; D 0.11m). Framed within a round-headed arch the crucified Christ is flanked on the dexter side by Our Lady and on the sinister by St John. The surface of the lower dexter side of the panel has broken off. Beneath the figures there is an incised inscription which was transcribed by Long (1892-4, 209) as: D. AMIA EVERARD ALIAS ROCHE, RELICIA JOANNIS EVERARD JUNIORIS, HAEC INSIGNIA EREXIT, QUA EVERARD FUNDATORES ET PATRONI HUJUS AEDIFICII APPONI (?) VOLUERANT ATQUE MORTI PRAEOCCUPATI NON POTUERUNT AFFIGI CURAVIT DIE X◦MAR 1646. Crotty (2012, 15) also gives a transcription, though reads May rather than March, and provides a translation as follows, ‘Dame Amy Everard, formerly Roche, relict of John Everard the younger, took care to affix these insignia on 10th May 1646, which the Everard founders and patrons of this building wished to do and were unable, being overtaken by death’. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 March 2015

• TS070-040104 Memorial stone
  Description

  Roughly mid-way along the N parapet of Madam’s Bridge (TS070-040018-), at the western entrance into Fethard. A limestone plaque, with partially broken stone surround (max. H 0.35m; max. Wth 0.79m) inserted into the inner face of the northern parapet of the bridge, towards the base of the parapet. The plaque is over the central arch of the bridge, though it is slightly E of the apex. This plaque with moulded edge (H 0.31m; Wth 0.72m), consists of three surviving rows of text (row H 0.05m), with plain horizontal bands (H 0.02m) above and below each row of text. The lower part of the plaque is not visible above the concrete footpath, though it is likely that much of the lower part is missing. The inscription is very faded and could not be deciphered. The moulded surround and the presentation of text within horizontal banding suggest a mid-late 17th century for this plaque. This plaque appears to be the same as that referred to by Long (1892-4, 208). He mentions that there was a plaque on the gate at Madam’s Bridge, facing the bridge, which was moved c. 1880 when the gate was demolished and inserted into the ‘left’ wall of the bridge (ibid.). The plaque bore an inscription, ‘informing the passer-by that the bridge was built by one John Delahunty (I think) some 150 years ago. On the same tablet, and above the inscription to which I referred, another one, no doubt, much more ancient, has unfortunately been erased with a chisel’ (ibid.). See attached: TS070-040104----_01 Photograph courtesy of Dave Pollock, 18 May 2015 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 May 2015

• TS070-040105 House - 17th century
  Description

  In level terrain N of the Clashawley River, outside of and c. 200m E of the town wall of Fethard and 70m NE of the Augustinian friary (TS070-040004-). Depicted on the Grace map of 1703 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 4) as a two-storey house with gable ended chimneys and on the Grace map of 1708 (ibid., map 5) as a substantial three-bay, two-storey with attic house, with a chimney on both gables and one centrally placed. This house, which appears to have dated to the 17th century, was demolished in 1952 by the Augustinian friars who had occupied the house from 1856 (Butler 1976, 21, 26-7). According to the friars the house was so substantial that it could only be demolished with explosives. From photographs and cartographic evidence it can be ascertained that this was a U-plan house. The E façade consisted of two storeys of five-bays over a half-basement, with a steep-pitched roof and chimney on both gables. The central doorway was reached by a flight of steps. The two rear projections have a slightly lower roof-line than the front block. Both have two windows at first-floor level in the W gables and are surmounted by a chimney on the gable. On one photograph, which shows the W chimney quite clearly, it can be seen that it was made of brick with three round-arched recesses. The rear wall of the main block, between the two projections, had one window at ground level and two at first-floor level, as well as an inter-floor window suggesting there was a stair at this location internally. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 11 May 2015

• TS070-040106 Architectural feature
  Description

  On the S side of Fethard, outside the wall town (TS070-040----), on the N bank of the Clashawley River, c. 60m SSE of a possible 17th-century house (TS070-040016-) on Burke St. A pointed limestone doorway (Wth 0.78m), the jambs of which are chamfered externally, but not the head (O’Keeffe 1995, 101). Currently ex situ opening into a short passage (Wth 0.85m) (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2015

• TS070-040107 Architectural feature
  Description

  On the S side of Fethard, outside the wall town (TS070-040----), on the N bank of the Clashawley River, c. 60m SSE of a possible 17th-century house (TS070-040016-) on Burke St. A pointed limestone doorway (Wth 0.83m), the jambs of which are chamfered externally, but not the head (O’Keeffe 1995, 100). Currently ex situ opening into a small recess (D 0.4m) (ibid.). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2015

• TS070-040108 House - 17th century
  Description

  In the middle of Main St., towards the eastern end. On the Grace map of 1708 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 5) a building, represented by a small rectangle on the map, is described as, ‘A toft near the court house in the east’. A toft is a house or tenement. Also indicated in the middle of the street are two other buildings, one on either side of the ‘toft’. The building to the W appears to have been the courthouse (TS070-040026-) and the building (TS070-040109-) to the E, also represented as a rectangle, is described as a, ‘Common bakehouse and ground belonging to it’. The building is listed on Steile's map of 1752 as 'A waste by [the market house]' and is also depicted as a small building on Swiney’s map of 1763 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 9). All these buildings had been removed by 1840 as indicated by their absence from the 1st ed. 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2015

• TS070-040109 Bakery
  Description

  In the middle of Main St., towards the eastern end. On the Grace map of 1708 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 5) a building, represented by a rectangle on the map, is described as a, ‘Common bakehouse and ground belonging to it’. Also indicated in the middle of the street are two other buildings to the W, the most westerly appears to have been the courthouse (TS070-040026-) and the building (TS070-040109-) immediately to the E is listed as a ‘toft’ or tenement. The bakehouse building is also depicted on Swiney’s map of 1763 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 9), as are the two buildings to the W. All these buildings had been removed by 1840 as indicated by their absence from the 1st ed. 6-inch map. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2015

• TS070-040110 Cross - Market cross
  Description

  In the middle of Main St., towards the eastern end. On Grace’s map of 1703 (O’Keeffe 2003, map 4) there is a square structure where Main St. widens at the E end to accommodate a market. Though shown in plan, its form suggests a small stepped structure and it is possible that this formed a platform for a market cross. According to O’Keeffe (2003, 10) the market cross was replaced by a pump in 1837. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 May 2014

• TS070-040111 Architectural fragment
  Description

  Reused as a quoin c. 0.2m from the base of the wall which terminates the northern side of the SW end of Barrack St. The architectural fragment (dims. 0.57m x 0.36m; H 0.33m) is positioned on its side and is roughly dressed with drafted margin and a moulding (Wth 0.08m) along the lower edge. The stone, formerly a jamb, may have come from the doorway in the W façade of the former Stokes Hotel, a 17th-century building (TS070-040008-) which is c. 30m to the SW. This building had a doorway with similar dressing and moulding, portion of which was removed when a window was inserted in the late 19th century. (Farrelly and FitzPatrick 1993, 102-03). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 May 2015

• TS070-040112 Water mill - vertical-wheeled
  Description

  In The Valley, Fethard (TS070-040----), on the S bank of the Clashawley River and immediately SW of Watergate Bridge (TS070-040017-). This watermill is indicated on the Grace map of 1708 at the SE end of a weir running NW-SE across the river (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5). It is indicated as a ‘Flour Mill’ on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map, a roughly L-shaped building consisting of two rectangular blocks, one orientated N-S (max. L c. 11.2m; Wth c. 7-8m) and the other running E-W (L 14.68m; Wth 6.87m) from the W side of the N-S block. The weir is shown and named ‘Mill Weir’, appearing to meet the mill at the NW angle of the N-S block. The N-S block appears to be the earliest surviving portion of the watermill which was constructed of limestone rubble, roughly coursed, typical of medieval masonry. Of this block only the W end of the N wall (int. L 1.8m) and the W wall survive; also visible is the concrete floor which is now external. The S end of the W wall may be incorporated into the E gable of the upstanding E-W block, all external faces of which has a pebble-dash render. Only the external face of the N end of the W wall (L 4.33m; max. H c. 2.2m) is visible (the internal face has been refaced with masonry (L 5.15m; H 2.7m) and currently reads as an external wall). In this face there is an externally chamfered flat-headed single-light window (opening H 0.76m; Wth 0.16m; H above ext. ground level 1.24m; chamfer Wth 0.1m) of 16th/early 17th-century date. The cut limestone surround has punch-dressing with drafted margins. N of this, at ground level, there is a round-headed opening (Wth 2.1m; H 0.96m above ground) with voussoirs. The opening, now blocked up, gave access to the millrace. The N wall of the millrace, running NW-SE, joins the mill at the N end of its W wall. This millrace wall has been heightened. The lower courses (H 0.6m) project out 0.1m beyond the line of the later wall, which suggests that this part of the millrace is contemporary with the medieval phase of the mill. While the E-W block post-dates the medieval/early modern phase of the mill, as is evidenced by its N wall which runs into the S jamb of the N-S block window, its E gable is likely to contain pre-1700 fabric. See attached photographs: TS070-040112-_01 Exterior – N end of W wall TS070-040112-_02 Exterior – N end of W wall TS070-040112-_03 Exterior – S face of NW-SE wall TS070-040112-_04 Exterior – S face of NW-SE wall TS070-040112-_05 E gable of later mill building and W wall (interior) of earlier mill TS070-040112-_06 Interior - W wall and section of N wall of earlier mill TS070-040112-_07 N wall of earlier mill (heavily overgrown) and N face of NW-SE wall Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 2 March 2022

• TS070-040113 Weir - regulating
  Description

  S of the walled town of Fethard (TS070-040----), running NW-SE across the Clashawley River, roughly from S of the SW angle tower in the graveyard of Holy Trinity church (TS070-040001-) to the mill (TS070-040112-) immediately SW of Watergate Bridge (TS070-040017-). This weir and watermill are indicated on the Grace map of 1708 (O'Keeffe 2003, map 5). It is unlikely that the mill and weir were only 8 years old when depicted, which implies they are at least 17th century in date. On the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map the weir is named the 'Mill Weir'. It is named ‘Weir’ on the 2nd ed. (1903-04) 6-inch OS map, however the area S of the weir is named the 'Mill Dam'. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 18 May 2015

• TS070-112 Barrow - ring-barrow
  Description

  In pasture, on level area in NE corner of field. Identified on an aerial photography (OS 9874/3). Well-preserved circular area (diam. 10m) defined by internal fosse (basal Wth 0.6m; overall Wth 3.8-3.85m; D 0.1-0.2m) and slight outer bank/lip (Wth 3.75-4m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.1-0.2m). Interior slopes down gently to fosse. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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Architectural heritage

• Fethard Rectory, country house, 1650–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey country house over half-basement and with attic, built c.1670, extended and extensively remodelled 1796, with slightly lower rear return, two-bay single-storey over basement addition to north, built 1968, with gable-fronted addition further north, mid-twentieth-century two-bay single-storey kitchen addition to north of return and single-bay two-storey over half-basement addition to south of return. Pitched slate roof with gabled dormer window to front, eaves course cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered end chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to north addition, flat roofs to rear additions. Rendered walls with cut limestone string course between half-basement and ground floor. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to upper floors, barred three-over-three pane to half-basement and three-over six pane to south addition. Square-headed door opening with carved limestone doorcase having timber panelled double-leaf door flanked by paned fixed timber sidelights, all under carved stone cornice and set into slight recess, with flight of cut limestone steps, sweeps and square-plan piers having carved lions. Elliptical timber staircase to interior. Possible defensive shot holes to front wall of half-basement. Screen wall, having dressed limestone segmental carriage arch to south with flanking round-headed pedestrian entrance, having battened timber doors, connects to former stables to south side of yard to rear and former coach house to north, each gable-fronted with blind arch. Former stable has two-bay elevation, pitched artificial slate roof, wet-dashed walls, square-headed timber battened half-door and timber sliding sash three-over-six pane window. Carriage house has pitched slate roof, and single-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with lean-to slate roof, both having rendered rubble limestone walls and elliptical-headed carriage arches with timber battened fittings. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to west of yard with pitched slate roof, rubble limestone walls, and square-headed openings with timber battened door and timber sliding sash two-over-two pane window. Polygonal-plan walled garden to rear of yard with rubble limestone walling. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls and piers to site entrance with cast-iron double-leaf gate.

• Fethard Rectory, gate lodge, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, built c.1900, with recent full-width flat-roofed extension to rear. Now disused. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods and scalloped timber bargeboards. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings with timber casement windows having painted sills, and timber battened door with paned overlight. Set behind wall of entrance to former rectory. Cast-iron pedestrian gate to entrance.

• The Presbytery, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1930–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey presbytery, built c.1935, with entrance porch to front with pitched slate roof, and canted bay windows with hipped slate roofs to front, slightly projecting bay to rear, with recent single-storey extension to rear entrance with lean-to roof. Sprocketed hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and timber sheeted eaves. Roughcast rendered walls to first floor, smooth rendered to ground floor with render platband and plinth. Square-headed window openings, paired to first floor front, with timber sliding sash windows having one-over-one panes and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening to west side of porch with replacement timber panelled door, overlight and sidelights. Square-headed door opening with half-glazed timber panelled door, stained glass overlight and sidelights inside porch. Yard to rear with single-storey outbuilding with pitched slate roof and rendered walls. Painted rendered walls and piers to site entrance.

• House, 1925–1930 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced one-over-two-bay two-storey house, dated 1927, one of terrace of four similar houses. Pitched tiled roof with rendered chimneystack. Wet-dashed walls with date plaque 1927, shared with neighbouring house to north, and painted render plinth. Square-headed window openings with quadripartite timber casement windows with small panes and concrete sills. Square-headed door opening with decoratively half-glazed timber panelled door, with concrete canopy over, shared with neighbouring house to north. Garden to front and cast-iron pedestrian gate and railings to site boundary.

• Presentation Convent, convent/nunnery, 1860–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached H-plan convent comprising thirteen-bay east-west central range built 1862, having full-height return to rear, with projecting gable-fronted wings built 1885 running perpendicular to ends of central block, that to west having six-bay side elevation and that to east housing chapel with five-bay nave and octagonal apsidal north gable. Five-bay two-storey addition to east of west wing, with recent single-bay single-storey flat-roofed extension to north end. Two-bay single-storey sacristy to west of chapel, with hipped slate roof. Pitched slate roofs, having carved limestone bellcote to front gable of chapel and spired to north, hipped to return, to sacristy, and to north end of west wing and its addition. Rooflights to west wing and solar panels to rear. Cut limestone chimneystacks and copings, terracotta ridge cresting, and cast-iron cross finials and rainwater goods. Rendered chimneystacks to sacristy and addition. Timber corbelled eaves to chapel. Snecked cut limestone walls with cut limestone plinth, having carved limestone buttresses to gable-fronts and to east side of chapel. Trefoil-headed niche with corbel supporting carved statue of Christ to gable-front of chapel. Square-headed window openings to main block, with polished cut limestone surrounds, those to ground floor having chamfered sills and segmental-headed lintels and cut limestone voussoirs over, with timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows, except for central window to first floor, that having leaded stained glass. Group of three pointed-arch window openings to each floor of west wing gable-front, with polished chamfered cut limestone surrounds and alternating cut limestone and cut sandstone voussoirs, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows, and with cut limestone sill course to first floor. Oculus to west wing upper gable-front, with limestone plate tracery forming multifoil frame with leaded glass. Rose window to chapel with carved limestone plate tracery having quatrefoil openings around multifoil centre, with leaded stained-glass windows, carved limestone sill course and hood-moulding course and alternating cut limestone and cut sandstone voussoirs. Pointed order arch sculpted limestone doorcase to chapel with orders of colonnettes with foliate capitals, roll mouldings, hood-moulding, impost course and tympanum with Veronica's veil motif roundel and foliate spandrels, having timber diagonally battened double-leaf door with elaborate foliate cast-iron hinges, flanked by chamfered pointed-arch window openings with leaded stained glass windows and carved limestone hood mouldings, the whole having alternating cut limestone and cut sandstone voussoirs. Camber-headed door opening to main block with polished carved chamfered limestone block-and-start surround with curved lintel having cut limestone voussoirs above, with timber panelled double-leaf door with paned stained-glass overlight, cut limestone steps and flags. Enclosed yard to rear of west elevation has rendered rubble limestone walls. Seven-bay single-storey greenhouse to west elevation of west façade, running east to west, having pitched and lean-to corrugated sheet roofs, rendered walls, glazed wall to double-height south end bay, and square-headed replacement timber windows and door. Outbuildings to rear have pitched artificial slate roofs, rendered walls and timber sliding sash two-over-two horizontal pane windows, and timber battened doors with plain overlights. Nuns' graveyard to southwest corner of site has decorative cast-iron gates and railings, cut limestone plinth, and cast-iron cross grave markers. Grotto to southeast corner of site. Entrance from Convent Lane to north has cut limestone piers, rubble limestone walls with render coping, and square-headed pedestrian entrance with red brick voussoirs and cast-iron pedestrian gate.

• Academy House, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay four-storey former parochial house, built c.1800, with three-bay single-storey extension with lean-to roof to rear and flat-roofed entrance porch to front, now in use as offices. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls, lined-and-ruled to upper floors, channelled to ground floor, with render quoins, having string course doubling as sill course to first floor and with platbands to west gable. Square-headed openings having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, with decorative moulded render surrounds, having consoles and cornices to ground and second floor, and decorative consoles and moulded pediments to first floor. Round-headed and some three-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to upper floors of rear. Cut limestone sills, render sill course to first floor. Porch has moulded cornice, group of three timber sliding sash windows to front elevation and square-headed timber panelled door and plain overlight to east side. Rendered plinth with cast-iron railings to site boundary, rendered piers with cast-iron double gates to yard entrance.

• Holy Trinity Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1815–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding south-facing cruciform-plan Catholic church, built 1818, with pedimented gable-front, three-bay nave, chancel to north, recent four-bay single-storey flat-roofed chapel to angle of of east elevation of nave and north transept, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed chapel with rooflight to west elevation of nave, single-bay entrance porch with hipped roof and door to south elevation of west transept. Galleries in transepts have lean-to staircase returns to north elevations of transepts. Recent single-storey sacristy extension to north end of chancel with hipped artificial slate roof and recent lean-to extension to west staircase return with artificial slate roof. Sprocketed hipped artificial slate roofs with cut limestone eaves course, ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Three-stage carved limestone bellcote over gable-front, with channelled pilasters to front flanking clock set into oculus with moulded surround to lowest stage and flanking bell set into round arched opening with moulded archivolt and imposts to middle stage, moulded cornices with urns to both stages and whole topped with ashlar octagonal spire having metal cross finial. Clock stage flanked by scrolls to form appearance of Dutch gable, ends of façade being terminated by acroteria with fluted bases and resting on moulded string course. Snecked dressed limestone wall with cut limestone plinth to gable-front, lined-and-ruled rendered walls elsewhere, and having cut limestone string course, doubling as sill course, to gable-front. Round-headed window openings in upper walls with moulded render surrounds except for chamfered group of three to chancel, all having leaded stained-glass windows, and having cut limestone sills. Square-headed windows to additions and extensions. Round-headed door openings with timber double-leaf diagonally battened doors with elaborate hinges and with stained-glass fanlights, group of three to gable-front and one to addition to east transept, those to gable-front having cut limestone impost course. Interior has timber galleries over entrance end of nave and over transepts. Organ to nave gallery. Sheeted marble walls behind altar. Sculpted marble altars to chancel, east transept and west chapel. Decorative render to walls and ceiling. Flight of limestone steps to front entrance. Graveyard to site. Channelled limestone piers with plinth and decorative caps, set into snecked rock-faced limestone front boundary wall with cast-iron railings.

• Perryville, presbytery/parochial/curate's house, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey presbytery with attic, built c.1900, having canted-bay windows to front elevation with hipped roofs, and recent flat-roofed single-storey extensions to rear. Steep hipped slate roof with rooflights and moulded brick and rendered chimneystacks. Unpainted rendered walls with raised red brick quoins, painted rendered walls to bow windows. Square-headed replacement uPVC windows with limestone sills, having red-brick block-and-start surrounds to first floor. Elliptical-headed door opening with timber panelled door flanked by timber pilasters, with plain fanlight. Rendered piers and plinth with decorative cast-iron gate and cast-metal railings to site boundary.

• House, 1770–1810 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced single-bay three-storey house, built c.1790, with attic, and with shopfront to street elevation and two-storey return with pitched corrugated-steel roof and red brick chimneystack. Pitched artificial slate roof with rooflight, eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods. Rendered walls with slight pilasters. Square-headed timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows, front elevation having moulded render surrounds and painted stone sills. Shopfront comprises render pilasters and consoles, with moulded render cornice and panelled stall riser, display window having window guard and two square-headed door openings with overlights, paned to shop and having timber panelled double-leaf shop door and replacement timber panelled house door.

• Old Bank House, bank/financial institution, 1920–1940 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited end-of-terrace four-bay two-storey bank and manager's house, built c.1930, now in use as house, with four-bay side elevation, recent single-storey extensions to north with lean-to and pitched roofs. Sprocketed hipped artificial slate roof, pitched to north gable, with rendered chimneystacks and render eaves course with moulded detail. Rendered walls with slightly-advanced channelled render to end bays of front façade having rendered canopies on decorative brackets, with raised render to other bays of both elevations. Metal fixtures to front elevation formerly for attaching guard bars on market day. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows and concrete sills. Square-headed door openings to front and side elevations, with overlights, decoratively panelled double-leaf door to front with cast-iron gate and panelled timber door to west elevation. Cast-iron railings on rendered plinth to side elevation.

• Weatherly House, house, 1870–1910 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace three-bay three-storey house, built c.1890, possibly formerly eastern end of five-bay house. Pitched slate roof with red brick chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls with render plinth. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with render surrounds and painted sills, and recessed square-headed opening with timber panelled door with chamfered detailing and overlight, all in carved timber surround. Decorative cast-iron railings on limestone plinth to front of house.

• Allied Irish Bank, bank/financial institution, 1890–1895 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey bank, built 1894, with pedimented breakfront and having carriage arches to each side. Windows to east end are paired. Hipped artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and moulded render eaves course, with moulded render cornice to breakfront pediment. Painted rendered walls with render plinth, decorative horizontal channelling, moulded render string course above ground floor window level and render string course doubling as sill course to first floor. Square-headed window openings to first floor, with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, moulded render surrounds and render sill course. Round-headed window openings to ground floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash and replacement uPVC windows, with moulded render archivolts, keystones, impost course and sill course. Round-headed door opening with render door surround comprising panelled pilasters with fluted capitals, moulded archivolt, and keystone, with timber panelled double-leaf door and limestone steps with wrought-iron railings. Rendered segmental-headed carriage arches to either side, with channelled render voussoirs and having cornices with stepped parapets.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house, built c.1900. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls to front and roughcast to west gable, with render quoins. Square-headed openings having render surrounds, with timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows, and timber panelled door with decorative overlight.

• Madam's Bridge, bridge, 1750–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Three-arch limestone road bridge over River Clashawley, built c.1770, on site of or incorporating fabric of medieval bridge, and widened by half again to north side 1840-1845. Rubble walls with V-plan cut-waters to west elevation, rusticated limestone voussoirs to elliptical arches at east side and rougher slightly pointed arches to west. Rubble parapets with roughly-dressed flat-topped capstones. Sited at south side of medieval gated entrance to town from Clonmel direction. Part of gateway survives at northeast side of bridge.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with disused shopfront and integral carriage archway to ground floor. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with limestone plinth to shopfront. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Render shopfront comprises pilasters with decorative brackets, plain fascia with moulded cornice, rendered stall riser, panelled to one side and centrally-placed timber panelled double-leaf door with plain overlight, flanked by display windows. Square-headed carriage entrance with metal doors.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey house, built c.1900, with disused shopfront, with carriage arch to west, and with three-bay two-storey extension to rear having pitched artificial slate roof. Pitched slate roof with eaves course and red brick chimneystacks. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front and rendered walls elsewhere. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with raised brick block-and-start surrounds and stone sills. Square-headed door opening with timber panelled half-glazed door with plain overlight. Timber shopfront comprises vertically-divided timber display window and timber decoratively-panelled double-leaf door with plain overlight. Segmental-arch carriage entrance with wrought-iron gate.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with disused shopfront. Lower two-storey addition to rear with first floor clad and roofed in corrugated-iron and having small-pane casement windows. Pitched slate roof with brick chimneystacks. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls to front with render quoins, and rendered to rear. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Shopfront has render fascia and cornice with consoles, timber display windows with wrought-iron window guards and rendered sills flanking timber panelled double-leaf door with plain overlight with rounded corners. Square-headed door openings with plain overlights with rounded corners, one with replacement timber door, one with timber panelled door.

• Ivy Villa, house, 1450–1835 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house over raised basement, built c.1550, with single-storey flat-roofed shop extension to west end of front and full-height catslide extension and recent single-storey extensions with lean-to and hipped artificial slate roofs to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with rooflights to rear and red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls, with render quoins to front elevation. Square-headed window openings, having moulded render surrounds and timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows to front, and replacement timber panelled door with decorative cobweb overlight and rendered steps to door. Interior has pointed late medieval doorway to original ground floor (now basement level) at rear, further doorway within original first floor and trefoil-headed window to second floor. Rendered boundary wall to front with decorative cast-iron gate and railings. Wrought-iron gates to east side of building.

• Fethard Town Hall, almshouse, 1600–1610 · National interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace, formerly freestanding multiple-bay two-storey almshouse with attic storey, built c.1610, modified c.1770, having raised gable to centre of façade, and stairs return of c.1770 to rear. Disused as almshouse by 1758 and in use as market house, courthouse and town hall from c.1770. Used for various community purposes, including dance hall throughout twentieth century. Renovated 2014-15 for tourism use. Pitched artificial slate roof with octagonal carved limestone chimneystacks to front gable and west gable, with openwork tops, rendered chimneystack to east gable, and cast-iron vents to ridge. Rendered rubble limestone walls, with three seventeenth-century carved limestone plaques to front facade, comprising two armorial plaques to Everards and Dunboyne Butlers, one crucifixion plaque, and late twentieth-century plaque to Patrick Pearse. Square-headed irregularly-spaced window openings, dating from c.1825, with limestone surrounds of 1990, and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, one tripartite to ground floor, latter formerly serving market office. Several seventeenth-century window openings to façade, gables and rear elevation, though not all visible externally, with cut limestone surrounds and label-mouldings. Square-headed door opening of c.1990 to west end of facade, and elliptical-headed archway to centre of façade, with cut limestone door surround and voussoirs, now having glazed and timber fittings. Two seventeenth-century Tudor-arch doorways at first floor level at rear. Interior retains seventeenth-century features, including corbels that supported original first floor, and three large fireplaces at first floor level, one to front gable and one to each end gable. Weighbridge in pavement to front of building relates to later market house function. Narrow yard to rear, bounding north side of medieval parish churchyard, having seventeenth-century doorway.

• Holy Trinity Church (Fethard), church/chapel, 1200–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding multi-period Church of Ireland church, having four-bay medieval nave, possibly thirteenth-century, with square-plan four-stage bell-tower c.1480 to west end, extensively renovated 1785 and aisles refenestrated 1815, and single-bay single-storey confessional addition with lean-to slate roof to south of tower. Remains of original aisle to south, and ruined chancel, chapel and domestic building to east. Pitched slate roof with cut limestone coping. Recent poured concrete roof to tower, with medieval 'Irish' chamfered crenellations. Battered rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed quoins and cut limestone string courses to tower, rendered rubble limestone walls to aisles, with rendered buttresses to south aisle, rubble limestone wall to east gable. Pointed arch window openings to aisles, having round-headed double timber sliding sash leaded six-over-four pane windows with limestone sills. Pointed-arch window to first floor of tower, with moulded limestone surround, hood-moulding and flamboyant bar tracery with stained glass above four leaded ogee-headed lights, louvered single and double ogee-headed lights elsewhere. Pointed four-light window to east end of church with intersecting tracery and stained glass. Blocked square-headed window to north aisle with two ogee-headed lights and carved limestone label-moulding. Pointed arch door opening to west elevation of tower, having chamfered cut limestone surround and voussoirs, limestone threshold and studded panelled timber double-leaf door. Wall memorial to north wall. Interior has square-plan piers with chamfered corners, limestone flag floor, carved timber pulpit, organ, porch screen and altar seating, limestone medieval and later memorials and plaques, and brass wall memorials. Limestone date plaque 1815 to porch. Decoratively carved timber pointed-arch door to addition. Graveyard accessed by lane from Main Street having decorative wrought-iron double-leaf gate with wrought-iron arch overhead bearing name of church, and double-leaf decorative wrought-iron gate with dressed limestone piers at graveyard end of lane.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace two-bay two-storey house, built c. 1860, later used as offices, now disused, with attic, with recent three-bay single-storey extension to rear with mono-pitch artificial slate roof. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack and moulded render eaves course. Painted rendered walls with reticulated render quoins. Square-headed window openings, with round-headed opening to rear, all with limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Elliptical-headed chamfered door opening with moulded render surround and recessed doorway comprising render pilasters and cornice, plain fanlight and timber panelled door. Decorative wrought-iron gates to door opening and similar railing to ground floor window.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey house, built c.1900, with disused shopfront and with projecting single-bay extension to first floor rear elevation with corrugated-iron walls and lean-to artificial slate roof. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack and moulded render eaves course. Rendered walls with render plinth and with decorative render guilloche platbands and decorative render borders to vertical edges. Square-headed window openings with decorative render surrounds comprising brackets supporting cornice, having timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows, and tooled limestone sills, with railing to west end of ground floor and some replacement uPVC windows to rear. Timber shopfront comprises fascia over channelled pilasters, display window with rendered sill, square-headed door openings with plain overlights and timber panelled doors, half-glazed double-leaf to shop. Yard to rear with single-storey outbuilding having rendered rubble walls and pitched corrugated-iron roof.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1820, with attic, also in use as shop, with attic and with multiple-bay two-storey extension to rear having pitched slate roof. House possibly originally part of five-bay house, with neighbouring house to east. Pitched slate roof with rooflights, eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted rendered walls. Square-headed openings with timber sliding sash windows, first floor having six-over-six pane windows and half-level having one-over-one pane window. Square-headed door opening to upper floor with timber panelled door. Timber shopfront comprises dentillated cornice and fascia over fluted pilasters with fluted consoles. Centrally-placed half-glazed timber panelled door with decorative leaded overlight flanked by vertically-divided display windows with timber sills and render and painted stall risers.

• T. Mockler, house, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay three-storey house built c.1880, with disused shopfront. Pitched slate roof with rendered and red brick chimneystacks. Unpainted rendered walls with render quoins, render bracketed eaves course, render festoon platband between upper floors. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills, replacement timber one-over-one pane and uPVC windows and decorative render window surrounds comprising consoles supporting cornice. Render full-width shopfront to ground floor has pilasters with render fascia with lettering and moulded render cornice with courses of brackets and egg-and-dart. Square-headed house door opening has half-glazed timber panelled door with overlight and brass door furniture. Timber display windows over limestone plinth, and timber panelled double-leaf shop door with overlight, with consoles supporting housing for canopy blind.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced five-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, having integral carriage opening and disused shopfront. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystack and cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted rendered walls with decorative metal vents. Square-headed one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with limestone sills, having wrought-iron window guards to ground floor windows. Round-headed door opening with replacement timber panelled door and plain fanlight. Render shopfront comprises stepped cornice over plain pilasters with consoles, timber panelled double-leaf door with overlight and timber display window with rounded corners, and render stall riser and limestone plinth.

• House, 1790–1830 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-storey house, built c.1810, with three-bay upper floors and four-bay ground floor, with two timber flat-roofed canted-bay windows to south end of façade and slightly-lower two-bay return to rear with pitched slate roof, and with recent barrel-roofed two-storey extension to rear. Now also in use as doctor's surgery. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding attached to gable of return. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows to ground floor, with replacement uPVC windows to upper floors. Timber panelled double-leaf door with plain overlight. Decorative cast-iron gates and railings to north end of façade.

• Church/chapel, 1735–1740 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached L-plan double-height former Presbyterian meeting house, built 1739, with recent single-storey concrete block walled extension to northwest with corrugated metal walls and roof, and recent single-storey flat-roofed extension to south end of east elevation. Now disused. Pitched slate roof with red brick eaves course. Rubble limestone walls. Segmental-headed window openings with roughly dressed limestone voussoirs, some with brick facings to window reveals, some with remains of timber fittings. Recently-cut door openings to east and south elevation. Blocked window opening to south elevation, blocked door opening to north gable with dressed limestone voussoirs. Door opening to first floor of west gable has roughly dressed limestone voussoirs, with concrete block external staircase.

• House, 1950–1960 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey house built c.1955, with gabled slightly projecting bay to east end of front elevation with curved bay window with hipped tiled roof, and recessed central bays with verandah having square-plan concrete piers. Hipped tiled roof, pitched to projecting bay, with rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and timber sheeted eaves. Painted roughcast rendered walls, with brick walls to recessed central bays. Square-headed window openings with timber casement windows, some tripartite and some paired, with top-hinged paned overlights and concrete sills. Square-headed timber-framed opening to entrance with door opening having timber panelled door with fixed sidelight with pivoting stoplights and fixed overlights, all with textured glass. House set on concrete plinth with concrete steps and railings, with painted roughcast rendered boundary walls with square-plan piers and flat capping and wrought-iron gates.

• The Castle Inn, house, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  End of terrace four-bay three-storey house, built c.1800, with pub-front, also in use as public house. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Painted rendered walls with rendered eaves course. Square-headed timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows with tooled limestone sills. Pub-front comprises two square-headed door openings with overlights, having timber panelled doors, north being double-leaf with slate step, and quadripartite timber display window with wrought-iron window guard, timber pilasters flanking openings and supporting timber entablature comprising fascia, dentils and cornice. Outbuildings to rear.

• O'Shea, house, 1750–1790 · National interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay two-storey house, built c.1770, with disused shopfront, and with single-storey extension with lean-to slate roof to rear. Pitched sprocketed artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Painted rendered walls with render quoins and render eaves course. Square-headed openings with moulded render surrounds and moulded sills, with replacement uPVC windows. Timber shopfront comprises fluted Corinthian columns with entablature over comprising architrave, frieze and dentillated modillioned cornice, with panelled stall riser and limestone plinth. Moulded detailing indicates formerly three-light display windows. Half-glazed double-leaf panelled timber shop door with decorative overlight and timber frieze, flanked by fluted pilasters and decorative consoles, in turn flanked by display windows with rounded and decorated top corners with wrought-iron window guards, panelled timber stall risers and dressed limestone plinths. Timber panelled house door with full-height sidelights and decorative overlight and timber frieze.

• House, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced two-bay two-storey house, built c.1900, with dormer storey, also in use as shop, and with recent flat-roofed single-storey extensions to rear. Pitched artificial slate roof with red brick chimneystack. Pebble-dashed walls with smooth render platband and eaves course. Round-headed opening to dormer with timber casement window. Square-headed window openings to first floor, with timber sliding sash two-over-two pane windows. Timber shopfront comprises paired panelled pilasters supporting gabled decorative consoles with fascia having raised lettering and cornice with modillions. Recessed doorway, with square-headed half-glazed timber panelled door and overlight with rounded corners, and timber display windows divided by and flanked by timber colonettes having decoration to spandrels and having render plinth.

• J. Holohan, house, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay three-storey over half-basement house, built c.1770, with disused shop to ground floor. Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed window openings to upper storeys with replacement uPVC windows. Rendered shopfront has panelled pilasters to ends with gabled curving consoles and moulded render cornice, and fascia with raised lettering. Display window divided by rendered upright into four-pane timber windows. Timber battened double-leaf shop door with plain overlight, and timber panelled house door with rendered limestone steps having wrought-iron railings.

• Abbey Grove, house, 1750–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  End-of-terrace four-bay three-storey house over half-basement, built c.1770. Pitched artificial slate roof with render eaves course and brick chimneystack. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins. Square-headed openings with replacement uPVC windows having stone sills. Timber panelled door with decorative leaded spoked overlight. Dressed limestone plinth blocks and step.

• House, 1820–1860 · Regional interest
  Description

  Corner-sited three-bay three-storey house, built c.1840, at right angles to terrace, with single-storey extension to south gable with lean-to slate roof. Pitched slate roof with eaves course and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls, ruled and lined to north gable. Square-headed window openings with decorative render surrounds comprising panelled pilasters and panelled cornices, with timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows, barred to ground floor of north gable, and replacement uPVC windows to south gable. Square-headed door opening with moulded surround, replacement timber panelled door and plain overlight. Garden to front with lined-and-ruled rendered piers and walls to site boundary.

• Inis Fáil, house, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house, built 1879, with slightly lower two-storey return with lean-to roof to rear, and with lower single-bay two-storey addition with pitched roof, built 1913, to east gable. Pitched slate roofs with red brick chimneystacks. Rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows. Replacement uPVC windows to rear elevation of addition. Round-headed door opening having timber panelled door and plain fanlight. Garden to front with rubble boundary wall with wrought-iron pedestrian gate.

• Saint Augustine's Catholic Church, abbey, 1305–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Augustinian abbey complex, founded 1306, comprising Catholic church to north range, with roofless fifteenth-century chapel to north, multiple-bay two-storey, formerly four-storey range to east, and having gravelled area to former cloister garth. Site of south range replaced by watermill in eighteenth century. Church has seven-bay nave, built 1306 and renovated after 1820, with Gothic Revival gable-fronted west façade built after 1835, with two-bay two-storey block containing fifteenth-century Lady Chapel to ground floor to east end of south elevation, single-bay single-storey sacristy towards east end of north elevation with pitched slate roof, recent single-storey porch extensions with flat roofs and lean-to artificial slate roof to south of nave at west end of Lady Chapel. Pitched slate roofs with slated coping and pitch of original roof to east end, cut limestone cross finial over altar end, and crenellated coping to entrance gable with crocketed carved limestone pinnacles and carved bellcote with cross finial and pinnacles. Battered rendered rubble limestone walls with buttresses to north, east and south of Lady Chapel. Rendered wall to south of nave. Cut limestone entrance façade has snecked walls, corner pilaster buttresses, plinth, and flanked by cut limestone pointed-arch pedestrian gate to sides with square-plan piers with copings, hood-mouldings and gables over opening with carved cross finials and wrought-iron gates. Pointed-arch three-light window openings with leaded stained glass and chamfered limestone bar tracery, hood-mouldings and chamfered sills, east end four-light window having intersecting tracery, that to west end having chamfered roll mouldings to three-light window with trefoil heads to lights, and two-light to east elevation of Lady Chapel. Two to north of nave date from fourteenth century. Paired chamfered ogee-headed lights under carved limestone label-moulding with interlace to label stops to east end of north elevation. Paired chamfered trefoil-headed lights with chamfered cut limestone surround under carved limestone label moulding to east and south elevations of Lady Chapel block. Chamfered cut limestone pointed-arch opening to north aisle, formerly entrance to roofless chapel, now partially blocked by confessionals and with leaded stained-glass window. Tudor-arch door opening to west end with cut limestone doorcase comprising chamfered recessed roll mouldings and hood-moulding with replacement timber battened double-leaf door. Sculpted marble altars and railings to east end of nave and of Lady Chapel. Cut limestone arches separate choir from Lady Chapel, elaborate carved limestone openwork to pier between northernmost arches. Lady Chapel has rendered barrel-vaulted ceiling, carved limestone chancel arch, and twentieth-century glazed carved timber screen to west end. Sculpted limestone arches have roll mouldings to soffits and archivolts, carved heads to corbels and hood-moulding stops, and many decorative masons' marks to arches between nave and Lady Chapel. Nineteenth-century timber gallery over entrance, with organ. Armorial plaques and memorials to nave walls. East range has carved sandstone ogee-headed doorway to chapter house, square and trefoil-headed single and two-light limestone and sandstone windows. Graveyard to site with grotto, elaborate square-plan cast-iron piers and gates, formerly leading to seventeenth-century friary, and railings on rendered plinth. Sheela-na-gig to wall adjoining north-east corner of church. Modern brick-walled friars' house to northeast of church.

• Abymill Theatre, mill (water), 1790–1795 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay five-storey former flour mill built 1791, now in use as theatre, with double-height lean-to extension to north elevation, slightly-recessed two-bay triple-height flat-roof twentieth-century extension and two-bay single-storey pitched extension to south elevation. Pitched slate roofs, with brick chimneystacks, limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with dressed limestone quoins and having carved date plaque to west wall of pitched roof addition. Segmental-arch window openings with brick voussoirs and replacement timber casement windows and timber battened shutters, having limestone sills to ground floor. Segmental-headed door opening with chamfered dressed limestone surround with keystone dated 1847 and brick voussoirs above. French burr millstones to site.

• Factory, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Former condensed milk factory complex, built c.1900, now in use as garage, comprising yard having buildings to three sides. Four-bay double-height block to west side, with slightly-wider two-bay two-storey block to north end three-bay three-storey wider block to north again, latter having tall red brick chimneystack to angle with later multiple-bay single-storey lean-to structure to north side of yard. Single-storey lean-to twentieth-century structure to east side of yard. Rubble limestone walls to west range, having brick to top floor of northmost part and dressed limestone quoins to south gable. Concrete posts with concrete block and corrugated-iron infill to north side of yard and rendered concrete walls to east side of yard. Pitched corrugated-iron roofs to west range, lean-to corrugated-iron to north and lean-to slate to east. Square-headed window openings to west range, some with timber fittings and metal bars. Blocked round-headed doorway to east side of west range, and blocked pointed openings to south gable, with narrow rubble limestone voussoirs and with limestone blocks to jambs of doorway. Square-plan chimneystack has rounded corners, string course and stepped coping. Back walls of north and east buildings are town wall.

• Bridge, 1480–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Four-arch road bridge over River Clashawley, built c.1500, with roughly dressed V-cutwaters to west elevation, round arches to south of possibly mid- to late eighteenth-century date, southernmost being narrower, and camber arches to north, northernmost arch being dry. Rubble limestone walls, cement-rendered soffits, and rubble limestone parapet walls.

• House, 1930–1935 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced three-bay single-storey house, dated 1933, with recent flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Painted wet dashed walls with smooth rendered plinth and carved limestone date plaque. Square-headed openings with double timber casement windows with painted concrete sills, and timber battened door, paned to upper half. Garden to front, with cast-iron railings and pedestrian gate to site boundary.

• Bridge, 1875–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Double-arch rock-faced limestone bridge that formerly carried Thurles to Clonmel branch railway line over minor road and tributary of Clashawley River, built 1879, with buttressing walls to east and west elevations, now disused. Round arches, that over river being lower and narrower, with rock-faced limestone voussoirs, piers and parapet walls and with cut limestone soffits.

• The Lilacs, house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced four-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1780, with full-height stairs return to rear, having one storey lower addition to west giving external access to basement. Pitched reslated roof with rendered chimneystacks and rendered eaves course. Rendered walls, roughcast and with painted plinth to sill level of first floor front. Square-headed windows timber sliding sash windows throughout, with cut limestone sills. One-over-one pane windows to front, with window guards to western ground floor windows, and variety of panages to rear, from margined one-over-one pane to eight-over-eight pane. Square-headed doorways to front elevation with moulded timber surrounds, that to west having timber panelled door with moulded timber surround and with rill decoration to panels and main doorway having render panelled pilasters, concrete canopy and two cut limestone steps. Timber battened doors to rear, main door having paned overlight and accessed by limestone steps.

• Hotel, 1550–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Terraced public house, formerly hotel established c.1845, also in use as house, comprising two formerly separate buildings, eastern being four-bay three-storey house built c.1600 and in use as restaurant, western being taller three-storey house, built c.1840 and in use as public house, with three-bay ground floor and two-bay upper floors. Three-bay two-storey return to rear of western building and two-storey addition to eastern. Domestic use to upper floors of both buildings. Pitched slate roofs with rendered eaves course, brick chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Ruled-and-lined rendered walls, with rendered plinth to eastern building. Rendered fascia and concoles to western building. Rendered rubble limestone walls to return. Segmental-headed windows to ground floor of western building with timber plate-glass windows and window guards, and square-headed windows elsewhere with uPVC replacement windows, all façade windows having moulded render surrounds. Single and double timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows and timber battened door to ground floor of return, some windows having raised brick surrounds. Round-headed door opening to public house with moulded render surround, with double-leaf timber panelled doors, with double-leaf glazed timber panelled inner doors. Segmental-headed doorway to eastern building with moulded render surround with plinths, having timber panelled door with rusticated panels, flanked by timber pilasters and having fanlight. Yard to southwest has two ranges of single-storey stables, western being fourteen-bay and having paned overlights to doorways and timber casement windows. Eastern comprises five-bay stableblock with three-bay two-storey outbuilding further to south. Medieval town wall forms southern boundary of property.

• Watergate House, house, 1450–1875 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached three-bay three-storey house, built c.1450 and raised in height c.1550 and re-fronted and raised further c.1850, having heavy projecting chimneystack to rear. Pitched slate roof with limestone eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with roughly dressed quoins. Square-headed window openings, having timber sliding sash one-over-one pane windows to front elevation, centre window of first floor being tripartite. Three-centred late sixteenth-century window to first floor at rear with wrought-iron lattice glazing. Chamfered punch-dressed limestone round-arched entrance doorways to rear, one at ground floor and one at first floor, latter reached by external timber stairway and accessing upper floors. Dressed limestone corbels support floors. Roughly dressed limestone fireplace to ground floor with chamfered surround and cut limestone fireplace to first floor, latter with ornate floral detail to jambs. Seventeenth-century timber panelling and doors divides first floor room. Yard behind house entered from street through recent double-leaf timber gate. Possible former entranceway at centre of front ground floor level, now blocked and until recent renovations, southernmost window had been converted to doorway. Further late medieval house to north, another on town wall to south and churchyard wall to west.

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Radon

At the centre of the townland of Fethard, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Fethard.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Fethard with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Tipperary.

Name

Fethard · Fiodh Ard

Area

2,169,159 m² (216.92 ha, 536.01 acres)

Civil parish

Fethard, and its townlands

Barony

Middlethird

Electoral division

Peppardstown, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,444 people lived in 534 households in the Peppardstown electoral division. 65% of households owned their home. 33% of homes were built since 2001. 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 0% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballybough, Brodeen, Crampscastle, Everardsgrange, Farranshea, Garrinch, Gortagea, Kilknockan, Moan Beg, Moneypark, Monroe, Saucestown, Spitalfield

Placenames

Fethard on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.