Thurles Poor Law Union
Thurles Poor Law Union, was an Irish Poor law union officially declared on 28 March 1839. It covered an area of , mostly in North Tipperary but also including some of South Tipperary. Although the boundaries of some poor law unions changed during the course of the 19th century, the Thurles union seems to have retained its original boundaries. There were 41 members of its Board of Guardians (which met on Tuesday each week), of which 10 were ''ex officio'' and 31 were elected to represent the 21 electoral divisions in the union. These divisions, each, unless otherwise specified below, electing one member of the board, were as follows: * Ballycahill *Ballymoreen *Buolick (or Boolick or Baolick) – electing 2 guardians *Burris (Borrisleigh or Twomileborris) * Burrisoleigh (or Borrisoleigh) – electing 3 guardians *Drom * Fermor *Holycross *Inch * Kilcooly *East Loughmore *West Loughmore * Moyaliffe (or Mealiffe) – electing 2 guardians *Moycarkey * Moyne * Rahealty * Templeb ...
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History Of County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with 8 counties, more than any other. The population of the county was 159,553 at the 2016 census. The largest towns are Clonmel, Nenagh and Thurles. Tipperary County Council is the local authority for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two ridings, North and South. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own county councils. They were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections on 3 June 2014. Geography Tipperary is the sixth-largest of the 32 counties by area and the 12th largest by population. It is the third-largest of Munster's 6 counties by both size and populati ...
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George Wilkinson (architect)
George Wilkinson, FRIBA was an English architect, who practised largely in Ireland. He was born at Witney, Oxfordshire in 1814. He was the elder brother of the architect William Wilkinson (1819–1901), who practised in Oxford. Career George Wilkinson won a competition in 1835 to design a workhouse for the Thame Poor Law Union. The building was until 2004 a campus of Oxford and Cherwell Valley College. Wilkinson went on to design a total of two dozen workhouses in England, including those at Northleach (1835) Stow-on-the-Wold (1836) and Woodstock (1836–1837), each with wings laid out in an H-plan. Wilkinson built Tenbury workhouse (1837) on a double courtyard plan. For two workhouses, Witney (1835–1836) and Chipping Norton (1836), he used an unusual design of a saltire of four wings radiating from an octagonal central block. For Wolverhampton he adapted this layout to six wings. In 1839 George Wilkinson was invited to Ireland as the architect of the Poor Law Commission. W ...
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Thurles
Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is located in the town. Location and access Thurles is located in mid-County Tipperary and is surrounded by the Silvermine Mountains (to the northwest) and the Slieveardagh Hills (to the southeast). The town itself is built on a crossing of the River Suir. The M8 motorway connects Thurles to Cork and Dublin via the N75 and N62 roads. The N62 also connects Thurles to the centre of Ireland (Athlone) via Templemore and Roscrea. The R498 links Thurles to Nenagh. Thurles railway station opened on 13 March 1848. History Ancient history The ancient territory of Éile obtained its name from pre-historic inhabitants called the Eli, about whom little is known beyond what may be gathered from legends and traditions. Th ...
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Thurles (electoral Division)
Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly is located in the town. The birthplace of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Thurles is the third largest town in the county, with a population of 8,185 at the 2022 census. Location and access Thurles is located in mid-County Tipperary and is surrounded by the Silvermine Mountains (to the northwest) and the Slieveardagh Hills (to the southeast). The town itself is built on a crossing of the River Suir. The M8 motorway connects Thurles to Cork and Dublin via the N75 and N62 roads. The N62 also connects Thurles to the centre of Ireland (Athlone) via Templemore and Roscrea. The R498 links Thurles to Nenagh. Thurles railway station opened on 13 March 1848. History Ancient history The ancient t ...
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Templemore (electoral Division)
Templemore () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the historical Barony (Ireland), barony of Eliogarty. It is part of the Ecclesiastical parish, parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The town's population increased from 1,939 at the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census to 2,005 in the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census. Location and access Templemore is the eighth largest town in County Tipperary. The N62 road (Ireland), N62 national route connects the town to the main Dublin-Limerick motorway (M7 motorway (Ireland), M7 – Junction 22) and Roscrea north of the parish. Travelling south, the route connects to Thurles and then the main Dublin-Cork motorway (M8 motorway (Ireland), M8 – Junction 6 Horse and Jockey). The N62 originates in Athlone. To the east, the R433 connects the town to the M8 motorway (Ireland), M8 at a more northerly point (Junction 3) via the v ...
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Rahealty (electoral Division)
Rahealty, or Rahelty, is an electoral division in County Tipperary in Ireland. It was originally created as an electoral division in the Thurles poor law union in North Tipperary. Although the poor law unions have long been abolished, this electoral division, although with boundaries that have been modified over the years, is still used for various administrative purposes. Ratepayers, Tenants and Landlords In 1842, the landlords in this electoral district included the Earl of Orkney, Earl of Milton and Lady Lovett. Relationship to the civil parish At the time of the 1911 and 2011 censuses, the electoral division contained nineteen townlands. Among these were ten townlands of the eighteen that belong to the civil parish of the same name *Athlummon *Coolaculla *Garranroe *Knockanacunna *Lisduff *Loughbeg *Piercetown * Rahelty *Rathcriddoge *Rathmanna as well as townlands from five other civil parishes, these being *Athnid Beg (from Athnid parish) *Athnid More ( ...
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Moyne (electoral Division)
Moyne may refer to: * Baron Moyne, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom * John Moyne, MP for Calne, Wiltshire, United Kingdom * Moyne Kelly (1901–1988), American politician from Texas * Moyne, County Tipperary, a civil parish in the barony of Eliogarty, North Tipperary, Ireland * Moyne, County Wicklow, a civil parish in County Wicklow, Ireland * Moyne Abbey, County Mayo, Ireland * Moyne Townland, County Mayo, Ireland * Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia ** Moyne River See also * Moina (other) * Lemoyne (other) * Moynes Court Moynes Court is a Grade II* listed building in the village of Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales, about south west of Chepstow. An earlier building was rebuilt as a private residence by Francis Godwin, Bishop of Llandaff, in about 1609/10, and much of ...