The Tipperary Antiquarian

Knigh Castle near Puckane in North Tipp. There is a sad bit of folklore attached to it to featuring Christmas Eve. "It is said that when the Normans were routed out of the castle, a poor man and his son went to live in it. This son took sick. One morning he was very ill, but still his father went out to work. When he returned at night his son was dead. The man was so heart-broken after him that he laid down by his side and died. This was on Christmas eve. If a person went u p to the castle on a Xmas eve you would see a man and a boy lying on the ground floor. The man is seeing crying and his son is by his side dead." http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922134/4855176

This is a view that not many people get of Tyone Abbey as when you pass it on the Thurles Rd it seems like the small remains of a fairly basic ruined church. Another view that most people don't get is the perilous state of this very important building which is the oldest religious building in Nenagh. This arch in the main section of the abbey is in a very precarious state. Other side of the arch I happened to meet the landowner of the surrounding lands when I visited. He thought that I was from the OPW and wanted to talk to me about vital repairs that are required to make these monuments safe. Unfortunately he told me that the site is stuck in a bit of a bureaucratic limbo with a number of different bodies involved in it and none wanting to tackle the issues here. It is my own personal view that this arch will not last another winter here if we get storm winds like the last few winters. This arch is a vital structural component of the north wall of the abbey. ...