
What is recorded here
Situated on flat pasture in undulating countryside. In the Civil Survey (1654-6) Toomevara is described as 'the sd manor of Tome ye priviledge of a Court Leete & a Court Barron, a Fayre twice a yeare, & a markett every Tuesday' (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 213). No earthworks visible at ground level in or around the modern village.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Font in Bunacum,castlequarter (aghameadle Par.)Font · 125 yd
Saint Joseph's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 145 yd
Toomyvara Church (Aghnameadle)church/chapel · 294 yd
Blean CastleCastle · 1.1 mi
Enclosure in Poulakerry (kilkeary Par.)Enclosure · 1.4 mi
Interragh HillMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Knockacraheen HillMountain / peak · 3.8 mi
Killavalla WoodForest · 4.0 mi
Thomas MacDonagh Heritage CentreMuseum · 6.4 miOther information
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