What is recorded here

Barnane Ho stood on high mountain ground overlooking a church and graveyard, still inhabited but wanting repair when surveyed in 1654. Several Magher families shared the land beside Butler and McShane holders, suggesting a crowded, contested household rather than a single proud castle. The tower and later house have vanished beneath slatted sheds, leaving only the memory of people living beside deaths and disputes on the ridge.

Situated on high ground in a mountainous area overlooking a nearby church and graveyard (TN028-053----) to the SE. Described in the Civil Survey (1654-6 as) 'a castle inhabited yet wanting repair' (Simington 1931, vol. 1, 24). The land at Barnane was divided between several landowners including 'Sr. John Morres of Knockagh Kt[,]Nicholas Morres of Ballymcrier[,]Wm McEdmond Magher[,]Donogh oge Magher[,]Phillipp Magher[,]Edmond Magher all of Barnane Gent.[,]Theobald Butler of Killoskehane & Wm.McShane Magher of Barnane Irish Papists' (ibid.). Bence-Jones (1988, 32) described a keep-like tower at one end of nineteenth-century castellated house. These have been completely demolished and slatted sheds are now located where the house existed. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

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