Overview
Indicated — Minorstown is recorded as House — 17th century in Tipperary. On level ground in gently undulating terrain. House described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'house coverred with thatch being the sd Piers Butlers Mansion house', Piers Butler 'of Mynerstowne gent Irish Papist', is listed as being the proprietor in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: House described in the Civil Survey (1654-6) as a 'house coverred with thatch being the sd Piers Butlers Mansion house', Piers Butler 'of Mynerstowne gent Irish Papist', is listed as being the proprietor in 1640 (Simington 1931, vol.
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: A farmyard with two large barns and a shed now occupies the site and a roadway has been built to connect this farmyard with a new house to the S.
What was found
The saved account records: On level ground in gently undulating terrain.
Why it ended
The saved account records: This may have been the house in the centre of Minorstown depicted on the 1st (1843) and current (1901-05) eds.
Why it mattered
Indicated — Minorstown matters because the source ties house — 17th century to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The house had been levelled by 1977 when an aerial photograph (GSI S.790/1) shows the house is gone.
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