Barnane, near Templemore, Co Tipperary

Mark Bence-Jones. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London. 

p. 32. “(Carden/IFR) Purchased by Jonathan Carden 1701, and from then onwards the seat of the senior branch of the Cardens. A long irregular range of buildings, mostly two storeyed, dating from various periods in C18 and C19…The home pf John Carden (known as “Woodcock” as he was so often shot at by his tenants) who attempted to abduct Miss Eleanor Arbuthnot 1854 and was consequently imprisoned. Sold by A.M. Carden ca. 1920, subsequently fell into ruin….[supplement] Work was carried out here 1863 to the design of Thomas Newenham Deane.”

The Tipperary Gentry. Volume 1. By William Hayes and Art Kavanagh. Published by Irish Family Names, c/o Eneclann, Unit 1, The Trinity Enterprise Centre, Pearse St, Dublin 2, 11 Emerald Cottages, Grand Canal St, Dublin 4 and Market Square, Bunclody, Co Wexford, Ireland. 2003.

Carden of Barnane.

p. 71 John Carden [1623-1728] moved to Tipperary from Cheshire about 1665, and settled in Templemore. 

p. 72. Jonathan, as the eldest son, should have inherited Templemore, and it is though he was disinherited because of his marriage to a Catholic named Bridget Bagot. It was his younger brother, John, who inherited Templemore and founded the main branch of the Tipperary Cardens. Soon after coming of age, Jonathan leased the “castle, town and lands of Barnane.” Jonathan died in 1703 aged only 28 and he bequeathed his estate to his wife and son, John III, who was then only three years of age.

Listed in Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland by The Knight of Glin, David J. Griffin and Nicholas K. Robinson, published by The Irish Architectural Archive and The Irish Georgian Society, 1988. 

p. 133. A large two storey early to mid 19C Tudor Revival house. Now a ruin.