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Above the monument to the Rebellion of 1798, in the market square Thurles.
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Thurles derives its name from Durlas Eile meaning strong fort of Ely. It is a market town on the river Suir between Templemore and Cashel. It has been the Cathedral town of the archdiocese of Cashel and Emly since penal times.
The town was created by the Butlers. Black castle stands between the West Gate and Parnell street possibly built in 1493. At the end of the bridge across the Suir is Bridge castle.
Thurles receives little mention in historical records until 1174 when Strongbows' Anglo-Norman Army was defeated here. Later the Anglo-Normans established themselves in the area.
A Carmelite Friary was founded in 1300 by the Butlers and was suppressed and granted to the Earl of Ormomd, James Butler in 1540. |
Above portraits from the monument to the Rebellion of 1798. From Top, Emmet, Lord Edward, and Wolfetone.
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In 1850 the Synod of Thurles was held, it was the greatest gathering of the Catholic church in Ireland since 1642.
In 1884 the G.A.A.(Gaelic Athletic Association) was founded at a
meeting in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles.
Just off the Thurles- Moycarkey road stands St.Marys' Protestant church. It now houses a museum dedicated to the memory of the Famine. In the grounds stands a well preserved carved stone medieval tomb.
The image on the left above is the coat of arms from the gateway of Saint Patrick's College, Thurles (Seminary). Centre and right are floodlit images of the Cathedral of the Assumption,
designed by J.J. McCarthy. The style is an Italianate Romanesque style.
Above Brittas Castle Thurles 19th C.
It is two miles North of Thurles off the Templemore Road. The Castle is an incomplete version of Warwick Castle as work was stopped when the owner died.
Brittas Castle is on private land and one must have the land owners permission to enter.
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