Burncourt ()
[{{cite web , url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1414505 , title = An Chúirt Dóite/Burncourt , website = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) , access-date = 15 December 2021] is a village in
County Tipperary,
Ireland with an approximate population of 138 people.
Location
It lies in the Galtee-Vee Valley with the
Galtee Mountains to the north and the
Knockmealdowns
The Knockmealdown Mountains ( ga, Sléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh) are a mountain range located on the border of counties Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland, running east and west between the two counties. The highest peak of the range is Knockmea ...
to the south. It is located 1.7 kilometres from the former main
Dublin to
Cork road now designated as the
R639 regional road The term regional road (or route) is used in a number of places to designate roads of more than purely ''local'' but less than ''national'' strategic importance in a country's highway network.
It is used formally and officially in reference to:
*R ...
. The nearest large towns are
Cahir and
Mitchelstown, which are 16 kilometres and 15 kilometres respectively.
History
The settlement gets its name from the castle situated 650 metres east of the village centre, it was burned to its shell during the
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in Ireland (1649–1653) was the re-conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Cromwell invaded Ireland wi ...
in 1650, later becoming known as "Burnt Court".
The
Mitchelstown Caves are situated approximately 2.5 kilometres from Burncourt and were discovered in 1833 by a labourer quarrying on a small farm.
The stately
Shanbally Castle was situated 4 kilometres outside the village. Built c.1820 for the 1st Viscount Lismore and designed by the architect
John Nash. It was completely demolished in 1960.
[
''McDonnell, Randal''; The Lost Houses of Ireland, A chronicle of great houses and the families who lived there, Weidenfeld & Nicolson(2002)]
References
Towns and villages in County Tipperary