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Gortnahoe
Gortnahoe (Irish: Gort na hUamha, meaning 'tilled field of the cave'), also known as Gortnahoo, is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is on the R689 road, 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Urlingford, County Kilkenny, where the N8 Dublin–Cork road can be accessed. Gortnahoe, pronounced "Gurt/na/hoo" by the locals, is part of the parish of Gortnahoe–Glengoole.
The former Irish name for Gortnahoe was Gort na hUaighe, meaning the ploughed field of the grave. This would seem to be a more accurate name than Gort na hUamha (the ploughed field of the cave). There is no evidence of a cave in Gortnahoe, and it is likely that the name came from the existence of a grave. Although it is uncertain, it is believed that this grave was uncovered during renovations of the Sacred Heart Church during the early 1900s, when two skeletal remains were recovered believed to belong to those who died at a battle in nearby Ballysloe between the Kings of Munster and Leinster.[citation needed]
The village of New Birmingham lies between Gortnahoe and Glengoole.[citation needed]
In the townlands of New Park and Bawnleigh, there is Palatine Street, named after the Palatinate region in Germany. In the 18th century, Sir William Barker, the landlord in Kilcooley, offered protection and property to families who left the Palatine. The Griffith Valuations of 1850 has record of a Methodist chapel and a Baptist chapel in that area. Descendants of those families still farm those areas and remain members of the Church of Ireland parish.[citation needed]
Not far from Palatine Street is the Wellington Monument, with the inscription
"Erected in August 1817 in the eightieth year of his age by Sir William Barker, in honour of his grace the Duke of Wellington and of his glorious victory over the French at Waterloo on the 15th June 1815."
With the decline of the Celtic monasteries and the arrival of the Cistercians in Ireland in the 12th century, the Cistercian monastery of Kilcooley was established by the monks from Jerpoint Abbey in 1184. The monastery continued to prosper until the disestablishment of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in 1539. During this time there were also the church centres of Buolick and Fennor. All the townlands were divided between those three parishes.
The stonework at the ruins of Kilcooley Abbey was undertaken mainly by the O'Tunneys,[citation needed] including the tomb of Pierce Butler of Lismolin (who was descended from John Butler of Clonamicklon) and a number of other headstones. The carved slabs of the crucifixion, the abbot, St. Christopher and the mermaid are examples of their work.[citation needed] The church that was at Ballinalackin in Glengoole was an outchurch from Kilcooley.
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Gortnahoe
Gortnahoe (Irish: Gort na hUamha, meaning 'tilled field of the cave'), also known as Gortnahoo, is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is on the R689 road, 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Urlingford, County Kilkenny, where the N8 Dublin–Cork road can be accessed. Gortnahoe, pronounced "Gurt/na/hoo" by the locals, is part of the parish of Gortnahoe–Glengoole.
The former Irish name for Gortnahoe was Gort na hUaighe, meaning the ploughed field of the grave. This would seem to be a more accurate name than Gort na hUamha (the ploughed field of the cave). There is no evidence of a cave in Gortnahoe, and it is likely that the name came from the existence of a grave. Although it is uncertain, it is believed that this grave was uncovered during renovations of the Sacred Heart Church during the early 1900s, when two skeletal remains were recovered believed to belong to those who died at a battle in nearby Ballysloe between the Kings of Munster and Leinster.[citation needed]
The village of New Birmingham lies between Gortnahoe and Glengoole.[citation needed]
In the townlands of New Park and Bawnleigh, there is Palatine Street, named after the Palatinate region in Germany. In the 18th century, Sir William Barker, the landlord in Kilcooley, offered protection and property to families who left the Palatine. The Griffith Valuations of 1850 has record of a Methodist chapel and a Baptist chapel in that area. Descendants of those families still farm those areas and remain members of the Church of Ireland parish.[citation needed]
Not far from Palatine Street is the Wellington Monument, with the inscription
"Erected in August 1817 in the eightieth year of his age by Sir William Barker, in honour of his grace the Duke of Wellington and of his glorious victory over the French at Waterloo on the 15th June 1815."
With the decline of the Celtic monasteries and the arrival of the Cistercians in Ireland in the 12th century, the Cistercian monastery of Kilcooley was established by the monks from Jerpoint Abbey in 1184. The monastery continued to prosper until the disestablishment of the monasteries by King Henry VIII in 1539. During this time there were also the church centres of Buolick and Fennor. All the townlands were divided between those three parishes.
The stonework at the ruins of Kilcooley Abbey was undertaken mainly by the O'Tunneys,[citation needed] including the tomb of Pierce Butler of Lismolin (who was descended from John Butler of Clonamicklon) and a number of other headstones. The carved slabs of the crucifixion, the abbot, St. Christopher and the mermaid are examples of their work.[citation needed] The church that was at Ballinalackin in Glengoole was an outchurch from Kilcooley.