Templemore
Templemore
An Teampall Mór ( Eircode | E41 | |
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Area code | 0504 | |
Irish Grid Reference | S104720 | |
Website | www |
Templemore (
The town's population increased from 1,939 at the 2016 census[4] to 2,055 in the 2022 census.[1]
Location and access
Templemore is the eighth largest town in County Tipperary. The N62 national route connects the town to the main Dublin-Limerick motorway (M7 – Junction 22) and Roscrea north of the parish. Travelling south, the route connects to Thurles and then the main Dublin-Cork motorway (M8 – Junction 6 Horse and Jockey). The N62 originates in Athlone.
To the east, the R433 connects the town to the M8 at a more northerly point (Junction 3) via the villages of Clonmore, Errill and the town of Rathdowney in County Laois. Alternatively, the motorway may be accessed via the village of Templetuohy. To the west, the R501, tracking the Devil's Bit mountain range, goes to Borrisoleigh.
History
Ancient history
The ancient territory of
By the 8th century, the territory of Ancient Éile had broken up into a number of petty kingdoms: the O'Carroll occupied the northern portion, the O'Spillanes held Ileagh, the
Feudal period
With the
The ruins of Templemore Abbey, which may have been established by the Knights Templar, lie to the north of the town in the Town Park, the demesne of the Carden family.[7]
The Blackcastle, as it is locally known, was built in the Town Park in 1450 by James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond.[8] This building and its manor lands were occupied by the Butlers and were later leased to the families of Purcell of Loughmore (Loughmoe) and Morris of Knockagh.[9]
The O′Fogarty clan held what is now the barony of Eliogarty, while to the north of them, at least some time later, were O'Meaghers of Ikerrin.[10]
Carden family
Around 1695 the Butlers sold extensive lands to an English family called Carden[11] from Cheshire, who settled in the area and also located at Barnane and Fishmoyne. Over the next 200 years, this family was to play a significant part in the development of the town and district which has the nickname of "Carden's Wild Demesne", after the popular 19th-century poem.
Templemore owes its improved state to the liberality and exertions of the John C. Carden, Bart. under whose auspices the public buildings were erected, and by whom the ground on which the town stands was granted at a nominal annual rent.[12]
Following the burning of the Blackcastle, Carden built a new estate. He built a mansion known as the Priory on the edge of the town. The architecture of the Priory was in the style of the Elizabethan era. The Priory was surrounded by a demesne which had a formal garden with paved paths around an artificial lake. Quoting from a contemporary newspaper commentary of 1861, when the Priory was still under construction:
The noble Gothic pile of finely chiselled limestone, with its battlements, turrets, buttresses and extensive façade, and spacious arched doorway; the architraves of grouped columns, retreating to the depth of several feet, convey to the mind an idea of architectural grandeur seldom associated with the country residences of our gentry.
There were extensive gardens and a lot of money was spent on them:
The house itself consists of sixty rooms, and the sum of, we understand £20,000 in round numbers, has been expended so far upon the building, – Upon entering the grand hall, through the massive oaken doorway, replete with medieval decorations, the visitor finds that ‘The Priory’ has been erected in a style of magnificence not very generally met with – it is floored en mosaique, in walnut and oak; the peculiar grotesque spirit of the Gothic style is not permitted to run riot through the rich oak carving, while that more beautiful element, tracery enters largely into the interior ornamentation – the oak painted ceiling richly stuccoed and the polished armour shields an banners that hang around with the erect figures in full suits of armour; the wide staircase in massive oak – the great doorways leading to the drawing–room at one side and to the library at the other – the rich and mellow light that comes through the beautiful stained glass window that forms the upper portion of the Gothic entrance, and through the lancet shaped sashes – all this bespeak a profuse liberality and taste of order.[13]
The Cardens kept the ruins of the old church and graveyard. At the entrance on the Borrisoleigh Road is the gatekeeper's lodge. After 1860, the Priory was renamed the Abbey.[14]
Lewis' directory of 1837 lists the principal landowners in the locality at the time:
Lloydsborough is the seat of J. Lloyd, Esq.; part of the demesne is in Killea, though the mansion is in the parish of Templemore; it is a handsome residence in a well-planted demesne. The other principal seats are Woodville Lodge, the residence of D. J. Webb, Esq.; Belleville, of the Hon. C.J.K. Monck; and Eastwood, of T. Bennett, Esq.[15]
McCan Barracks
In late summer 1920, Templemore was the site of
Since February 1964, the barracks has been the site of the Garda Síochána College, the centre for training Ireland's police force.[19]
Templemore today
The town council was abolished in 2014 following the enactment of the Local Government Reform Act 2014.
Townlands in the civil parish
There are 38
Townland (English) |
Townland (Irish) |
Acres |
Barony | Poor Law Union
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Adamstown | Baile Ádaim | 289 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Ballycahill | Baile Uí Chathail | 1,028 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Ballyheen | Béal Átha Hín | 156 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Barnalascaw | Bearna Leathscátha | 18 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Belleville | Belleville | 32 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Borrisbeg | An Bhuiríos Bheag | 488 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Butlerslodge | Lóiste an Bhuitléaraigh | 20 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Clontaaffe | Cluain Tífe | 462 | Ikerrin | Roscrea |
Craiguedarg | An Ghráig Dhearg | 82 | Ikerrin | Roscrea |
Culleenagh | An Choillíneach | 162 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Curraduff | An Currach Dubh | 175 | Ikerrin | Roscrea |
Eastwood | An Choill Thoir | 225 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Farranacahill | Fearann Ó gCathail | 79 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Farranaderry | Fearann Doire | 172 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Forest | An Seisceann | 199 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Graiguebeg | An Ghráig Bheag | 37 | Ikerrin | Roscrea |
Greenwood | An Choill Ghlas | 40 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Ivyhall | Halla an Eidhneáin | 74 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Jockeyhall | Halla an Mharcaigh | 42 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Kilclareen | Cill Chléirín | 156 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Killawardy | Coill an Bhardaigh | 101 | Ikerrin | Roscrea |
Killough | Cill Eochaidh | 849 | Ikerrin | Roscrea |
Kiltillane | Cill tSiolláin | 506 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Kiltilliha | Cill Tuilithe | 195 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Knockanroe | An Cnocán Rua | 760 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Kylebeg | An Choill Bheag | 17 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Lisnaviddoge North | Lios na bhFeadóg Thuaidh | 89 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Lisnaviddoge South | Lios na bhFeadóg Theas | 59 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Lloydsborough | Gort Ruáin | 322 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Manna North | Mana Thuaidh | 131 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Manna South | Mana Theas | 225 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Oldtown | An Seanbhaile | 354 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Priory Demesne | Diméin na Prióireachta | 288 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Rossnamanniff Lower | Ros na mBanbh Íochtarach | 55 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Rossnamanniff Upper | Ros na mBanbh Uachtarach | 44 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Sandymount | Cnocán na Gainimhe | 50 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Templemore Demesne | Diméin an Teampaill Mhóir | 386 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Woodville | Woodville | 83 | Eliogarty | Thurles |
Amenities and features
The most notable landmark in the district is the
On the Roscrea road there is a cluster of buildings associated with the Church of Ireland community. Among these is St Mary's Church, which is the principal church serving the community in Templemore, Thurles and Kilfithmone.[22] The church originally stood in front of one of the entrances to the Abbey's parkland. When the estates locally known as The Park were built in the late 1950s, the entrance gates and avenue were removed by the town council. The church, along with St Mary's School, the Rectory, adjacent cottage and lodge, were built in 1790 on land donated by Sir John Craven Carden.[23]
The foundation stone for the
Templemore Town Hall, in the centre of the town, was commissioned as a market house in 1816.[25]
Education
Templemore was one of the first three locations selected by the trust of Erasmus Smith in the 17th century for his schools.[26] The Sisters of Mercy operated the St. Augustine's Industrial School for Girls in the town from 1870 to 1965. Today's schools include:
- St. Colmcille's Primary School, under the ethos of the Catholic Church.
- St. Joseph's Primary School, under the ethos of the Catholic Church.
- St. Mary's National School, under the ethos of the Church of Ireland.
- Our Lady's Secondary School (co-educational), under the ethos of the Catholic Church. It was formed when the Sisters of Mercy Convent (a day and boarding school) merged with the Christian Brothers secondary school in 1986.
- QQI college of further education offering over a wide variety mainly vocational courses. It had been named St Sheelan's College, with second-level teaching until 2003. In 2012 it changed its name to Templemore College of Further Education.[27]
- Garda Síochána College, the education and training college of the Garda Síochána (Irish police).
Sport
Gaelic games
The local
Golf
There is a nine-hole golf course located at close to the Garda Síochána College just off the Thurles road. The Lakeside Pitch-and-Putt club is located beside the lake in the Town Park. Its eighteen-hole course is affiliated to the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland.
Angling
Coarse fishing is available in the lake in the town park. The lake was recently[when?] restored after a period of pollution and rising phosphates. It now has a stock of native fish, as well as a fountain.[citation needed]
Parkrun
A weekly free 5 km (3.1 mi) Parkrun takes place in Templemore. [31]
International relations
Templemore is
People
- John R. Bohan, American politician.
- Éamonn Corcoran, who played for Tipperary GAA.
- Fr. Francis Gleeson, Army Chaplain in World War I.
- Minister of Information from 1941 to 1945 under Winston Churchill.
- John Morrissey, American heavyweight champion bare-knuckle boxer, early casino operator, two-term member of the United States House of Representatives, two-term New York State Senator, and a founder of Saratoga Race Course.
- Charles Monck, British politician who served as the first Governor General of an independent Canada.
See also
- List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland
- List of civil parishes of Tipperary
- List of Market Houses in Ireland
- List of twin towns and sister cities in the Republic of Ireland
- Charles Monck, 3rd Viscount Monck
References
- ^ a b "Census Mapping – Templemore". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland Archived 19 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Templemore civil parish.
- ^ [1] Archived 19 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Templemore". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Irish Rail printable timetables Archived 25 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Irishrail.ie (20 January 2013).
- ^ Mountmorres of Castlemorres (1792). The History of the Principal Transactions of the Irish Parliament, from 1634 to 1666: Containing Proceedings of the Lords and Commons During the Administration of the Earl of Strafford, and of the First Duke of Ormond. New York Public Library: T. Cadell. p. 194.
- ^ Illustrated Ireland Guide. Irish Tourist Board. 1969. p. 302.
- ^ Lodge, John. The Peerage of Ireland or, A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of That Kingdom, 1789, Vol IV, p 11.
- ^ [2] Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Walsh, Paul P., History of Templemore and its Environs (1991 & 2006).
- ^ Arthur E. Carden, Carden of Templemore, 2010.
- ^ ′′Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland 1846′′, p. 314
- ^ Tipperary Advocate, 30 November 1861. Transcribed by Patrick Bracken. Archived 20 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3] Archived 27 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.
- ^ Garda College Yearbook 2007, p. 16 Archived 19 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Docstoc.com (5 December 2011)
- ^ "History of Templemore". Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9781848895744. Archivedfrom the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ History of Garda College Archived 18 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine on Garda website
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland: townlands in the civil parish Archived 19 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Logainm.ie.
- ^ See the O.S.I.'s Archived 29 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine historical map of the barony
- ^ Anglican diocese of Cashel & Ossory Archived 15 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Cashel.anglican.org.
- ^ "A history of Saint Mary's Rectory, Templemore". Tipperary Live. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ISSN 0035-9106.
- ^ "Templemore Town Hall, Main Street, Kiltillane, Templemore, Tipperary North". Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-85607-466-7. Archivedfrom the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Templemore College of Further Education". Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ [4] Archived 20 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "GAA.ie". www.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ Brendan Bracken at Archived 5 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, WinstonChurchill.org
- ^ "Parkrun in Templemore". Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ [5] Archived 19 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine