The Tipperary Antiquarian

My blog looks at the archaeology and heritage of sites in Tipperary and surrounding areas. As many of these sites are on private property, it is important to request permission from the landowner before entering private lands so that access does not become a problem across all sites.

Saturday, 15 November 2025

Civil Survey Notes - Owney & Owneybeg

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  As far as I can recall these are townland / areas in Owney that have an entry in the Civil Survey of 1654-56 and the Hearth Money Rolls of...
Thursday, 13 November 2025

Book of Survey and Distribution - Owney & Owneybeg

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Book of Survey & Distribution - Owney.xlsx Books of Survey and Distribution: Killoscully and Killcomonty Parishes - Virtual Treasury Boo...
Tuesday, 11 November 2025

Knockmeale (Owney & Arra) and Ned of the Hill - Possible Connections?

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  The famed rapparee is more often associated with Atshanboy and the Upperchurch area. However I recently came across a few interesting refe...
Sunday, 9 November 2025

Lost Rock Art at Coumbeg, Portroe, Co. Tipperary

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Back in 2022 I received a newspaper cutting from a friend of mine, Joe Ryan Cooper about a bit of lost rock art in the Arra area. He said al...
Friday, 17 October 2025

Guerin the Duharra Stone Carver

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I posted on my facebook page recently about spotting the stonecarver name L. Guerin in Burgessbeg graveyard.  https://www.facebook.com/Theti...
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Friday, 10 October 2025

Ryans of Solohead, Bansha & Kilfernan (Clonmel) possible links

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Recently I wrote about a bit of research on Bansha Castle and the O'Ryans of Bansha.  "The O'Ryans of Bansha Castle. Bansha c...
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Saturday, 9 August 2025

The Lost Seal of the Hospital of St. John of Nenagh

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  By WH Patterson - RSAI (1912, 46) In the early 1900s an antiquarian named W.H. Patterson (from Belfast) purchased an ancient seal in Kings...
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