Tyone (''Tigh Eoin'' in Irish) is a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

in the historical

Barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

Ormond Upper Ormond Upper ( Irish: ''Urumhain Uachtarach'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Toomevara. The barony lies between Ormond Lower to the north (wh ...

County Tipperary County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

Location

The townland is located on the banks of the

Nenagh River The Nenagh River ( Irish: ''An Ghaothach'') rises in the Silvermine Mountains in County Tipperary, Ireland. It flows east of Nenagh and into Lough Derg just north of Dromineer. Recreation The river, and its tributary the Ollatrim river, is ...

to the south-west of

Nenagh Nenagh ( ; , or simply 'the Fair') is the county town of County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the East Munster Ormond Fair. Nenagh was the county town of the former county of Nort ...

Sport

Nenagh Ormond rugby football club have a secondary ground at Tyone.

Buildings of note

Tyone Bridge (built c1830) is a limestone bridge with three arches. It is listed on the

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) maintains a central database of the architectural heritage of the Republic of Ireland covering the period since 1700 in complement to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, which focuses on arc ...

as being of special architectural and technical interest. It carries the R498 road over the Nenagh River. The ruins of Tyrone Priory are all that remain of a medieval hospital and priory dedicated to St.John the Baptist. St. Joseph's Hospital, formally the

Nenagh Hospital Nenagh Hospital () is a public hospital located in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is managed by UL Hospitals Group. History The site has a tradition of caring for sick and infirm that goes back to c. 1200 when Saint John the Baptist's Pr ...

, is within the townland. The hospital and adjoining mortuary church are built in the

International Style The International Style is a major architectural style and movement that began in western Europe in the 1920s and dominated modern architecture until the 1970s. It is defined by strict adherence to Functionalism (architecture), functional and Fo ...

References

Townlands of County Tipperary {{Tipperary-geo-stub