Tullamaine Castle, Fethard,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. 277. “(Maher/IFR; Jackson, sub Redesdale, B/PB) A C19 castle for William Tinsley of Clonmel, built 1835-38 for John Maher, MP, on the site of an earlier house. Dominated by a square battlemented and machicolated tower; a lower tower with bartizans at the other end of the principal front. Battlemented screen wall with turrets. Long hall. In recent years the home of Hon Mrs Jackson, one of the famous Mitford sisters. Afterwards the home of Mr William Albertini.”
Tullamain Castle, TULLAMAIN (TULLAMAIN PR), Tipperary South
Detached Gothic-style castellated country house, built 1835-8 on site of earlier house and castle. Comprises two rectangular-plan towers flanking two-storey castellated centre block. Larger, taller south-east tower battlemented and machicolated. Lower tower has bartizans. Battlemented screen wall to south, with turrets. House stands at end of avenue in landscaped grounds, with ruinous medieval church and graveyard to west, and traces of deserted medieval settlement.
Appraisal
This country house was burnt during the Troubles of the 1920s, but rebuilt with its original appearance. It is a substantial castellated building designed by the noted local architect, William Tinsley. The castle and its associated outbuildings are pleasantly sited and the gate lodge and gates at the main road enhance the approach.
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Tullamaine Castle was the home of John Power, father of the 1st Sir John Power, Baronet. Leet records J.D. Scully as resident at Tullaghmain-castle, Fethard, in 1814. This was James Scully (1779-1853), fourth son of Jeremiah Scully of Silverfort. By 1837 Lewis records John Maher as resident though the Ordnance Survey Name Books in 1840 refer to the proprietor as a Mr. Walsh. By the time of Griffith’s Valuation Maher is recorded as holding the property in fee. The buildings were valued at £44.16s. By the mid 1870s Tullamaine Castle belonged to Henry Maynard Harding who advertised it for sale in July 1880. Slater still refers to it as his property in 1894. Dr M.J. Barry was resident at Tullamain in 1906. The castle was burnt in the early 1920s but rebuilt. In the early 1940s C. A. Vigours was resident. The estate functioned as a stud of many years. Its still a country residence and was offered for sale in 2018.
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