Historical Postcard Collection: Templemore
Bailiúchán Chártaí Poist Stairiúla: an Teampall Mór
An Teampall Mór, "the big church", was, up until 1572, known as Corkatenny, a name that translated as "the kingdom of the descendants of Tenne". Tenne and his followers settled in the Templemore area around the 4th Century, where he built a fort. A contemporary of his, St. Sileán, is thought to have introduced Christianity to the area, and the townland of Kiltilane (Kil Sileán) was named in his honour. Between the years 900 and 1000 the territory known as Éile (Ely), in which Templemore, or Corkatenny as it was then, was to be found became the property of the O'Fogartys and O'Carrolls.
The Norman Influence
The Norman invasion introduced to Templemore two families that would have a huge bearing on the town in the years that were to follow: the Butlers and the Purcells. Sir Hugh Purcell arrived in Ireland with Strongbow, while Prince John granted Theobald Butler vast estates that covered counties Tipperary and Kilkenny. Sir Hugh's son, also Hugh, married Beatrix, daughter of Theobald, whose dowry included the baronies of Eliogarty and Ikerrin. The Purcell-Butler dynasty then fixed its base at Loughmoe Castle, near Corkatenny. In the 13th Century the Abbey of St. Thomas in Dublin erected a large church in Corkatenny, and it was this building that would later provide the settlement with its new name, An Teampall Mór, in 1572. In 1582 the baronies of Ikerrin and Eliogarty, in which Templemore is to be found, were plundered by Ormond, thus causing a serious famine. Ormond, however, was able to prevent some of the native Irish of the Templemore region, the O'Meaghers and O'Fogartys, from rebelling, such was the influence he wielded over them.
Rebellion and Confiscation
The Rebellion of 1641 saw even the most loyal of subjects rebel against the English administration, and St. Leger, the Lord President of Munster, recorded that "most of the Co. Tipperary is in rebellion and it is led by the Baron of Loughmore". He was later indicted for his acts of rebellion, but the threat it posed paled into insignificance with the arrival of Cromwell in 1650. The clearance of families from the Templemore area for the Cromwellian plantation was thorough: too thorough, in fact. The Survey Commissioners had to appeal for four families to return, as, it is noted, "not one inhabitant of the Irish Nation that knows the country was left in the barony of Eliogarty." The Purcells and the O'Meaghers, two of Templemore's older and more established families, suffered much loss during this turbulent period.
A New Dynasty in Templemore
The 18th and 19th Centuries saw a new family establish itself in Templemore, theCardens. Having arrived from Cheshire, John Carden, in 1698, leased land in thelordship of Templemore from the Butlers, from whom he purchased the estate in 1704. The castle that acted as their home stood in today's town park, but they deserted it in the mid 18th Century after it was damaged by fire. What became known as "The Abbey" was then built as the family home, supposedly on the site of a long lost monastery, but by 1902 the family had left the town. The Abbey then remained empty until the 1920s, when Auxiliaries took up residence there. When the building was later vacated the local Volunteers had the Abbey burned, thus destroying one of the most impressive legacies of the Cardens in Templemore.
Source – Walsh, "A History of Templemore and its Environs".
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Suas go dtí 1572, tugadh Corca Theinne ar an Teampall Mór, ainm a chiallaíonn “ríocht shliocht Tenne”. Lonnaigh Tenne agus a lucht leanúna i ndúiche an Teampaill Mhóir sa 4ú hAois, áit ar thóg sé dún. Duine de lucht a chomhaimsire, Naomh Sileán, a thóg an Chríostaíocht chun an háite, agus ainmníodh an baile fearainn Cill Sileáin ina onóir. Idir na blianta 900 agus 1000, tugadh Éile ar an dúiche ina raibh an Teampall Mór, agus thit sé faoi cheannas na bhFógartach agus muintir Uí Chearbhaill.
Tionchar na Normannach
Nuair a aghabh na Normannaigh an Teampall Mór, tháinig dhá chlann leo a chruthódh todhchaí an bhaile: Muintir Buitléir agus Muintir Puirséil. Tháínig an ridire Aodh Puirséil go hÉirinn le Strongbow, agus bhronn an Prionsa Eoin tailte móra i dTiobraid Árann agus Cill Chainnigh do Theobald de Buitléir. Phós Aodh Óg Puirséil Beatrix, iníon Theobald agus bhí barúnachtaí Éile Uí Fhógartaigh agus Uí Chairín ina spré aici. As sin amach, bhí bunús ag an ríshliocht Puirséileach-Buitléireach ag Caisleán Luachma, in aice an Teampaill Mhóir. Sa 13ú hAoise, bhunaigh Mainistir Thomáis Naofa i mBaile Átha Cliath eaglais mhór sa bhaile a thug an t-ainm ‘An Teampall Mór’ dó sa deireadh. Sa bhliain 1582 rinne Urmhumhan ionsaí ar bharúnacht Éile Uí Fhógartaigh agus ar bharúnacht Uí Chairín agus bhí gorta dá bharr sa Teampall Mór. Bhí Urmhumhan ábalta, áfach, na Gaeil sa cheantar, muintir Uí Mheachair agus muintir Uí Fhógartaigh, a choimead foi chois tríd an tionchar a bhí aige orthu.
Éirí Amach agus Coigistiú.
In Eirí Amach 1641, d’éirigh fiú na géillsinigh ba dhílse amach i gcoinne riaracháin Shasana, agus scríobh Liam St. Leger, Uachtarán Mumhan, go raibh an chuid ba mhó de Thiobraid Árann ag éirí amach, faoi cheannas Bharún Luachma. Cuireadh chun na cúirte é níos déanaí toisc a reibiliúnachais, ach ba bheag an bagairt sin i gcomparáid le teacht Chromail sa bhliain 1650. Bhí an glanadh amach de na Gaeil sa cheantar iomlán, ró-iomlán. Bhí ar Choimisnéirí an tSuirbhé iarradh ar cheithre chlann teacht ar air, toisc go raibh na Gaeil ar fad ruaigthe ó bharúnacht Éile Uí Fhógartaigh. D’fhulaing muintir Puirséil agus muintir Uí Mheachair go mór le linn na tréimhse seo.
Ríshliocht Nua sa Teampall Mór
San 18ú agus sa 19ú hAois, lonnaigh clann nua sa Teampall Mór, Clann Carden. Tháinig John Carden ó Cheshire sa bhliain 1698 agus thóg sé talamh sa Teampall Mór ar cíos ó na Buitléirigh. Cheannaigh sé an eastát sa bhliain 1704. Sheas an caisleán inar chónaigh siad sa áit ina bhfuil páirc an bhaile sa lá atá inniu ann, ach d’fhág siad é san 18ú hAois nuair a scrios tine é. Tógadh an foirgnimh ar a dtugtaí “An Mhainistir” ansin mar theach teaghlaigh. Ceapadh go raibh sé ar shuíomh mainistreach a bhí caillte le fada. D’fhág an clann an baile sa bhliain 1902. Bhí an Mhainistir folamh as sin amach go dtí na 1920daí, nuair a lonnaigh na Póilíní Cúnta ann. Nuair a d’fholmhaigh an foirgneamh níos déanaí, dhóigh Óglaigh na hÉireann é, ag scriosadh leagáid na gCarden sa Teampall Mór.
Foinse – Walsh, "A History of Templemore and its Environs".
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