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THURLES , a See also:market See also:town of Co. See also:Tipperary, See also:Ireland, pleasantly situated on the Suir, and on the See also:main See also:line of the See also:Great See also:Southern & Western railway, 87 m. S.W. of See also:Dublin. Pop. (1901), 4411. Thurles is the seat of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic archdiocese of See also:Cashel; and the See also:cathedral of St See also:Patrick is a beautiful See also:building. The town is the seat of other important Catholic establishments, including an Ursuline See also:convent; a Presentation convent; St Patrick's Catholic See also:College (1829) for ecclesiastical students, where was held in 185o the See also:synod of Thurles; and an See also:establishment of See also:Christian See also:Brothers, who devote themselves to the instruction of boys on the Lancasterian method. The town has a considerable agricultural and See also:retail See also:trade, and there is a monthly See also:horse See also:fair largely attended by See also:English and
See also:continental buyers. Thurles is governed by an See also:urban See also:district See also:council.
Originally the town was called Durlas O'Fogarty. In the loth See also:century it was the See also:scene of.a defeat of the Irish by the Danes. A preceptory was founded here by the Knights See also:Templars, who possessed themselves of a See also:castle, of which there are remains, erected See also:early in the 13th century. A castle was subsequently erected by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, first See also:lord See also:palatine of Tipperary, of which the keep collapsed in 1868. There were several other strongholds in the vicinity. See also:South-See also:west of the town, at a distance of 32 m., stands the Cistercian See also:abbey of See also:Holy See also:Cross, one of the finest ruins in Ireland. It was founded by Donnell O'Brien, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Thomond (1168—1194) ; and owes its See also:foundation and name to the presentation to his See also:family of a portion of the true Cross, which attracted numerous pilgrims. The See also:shrine of this relic is in the Ursuline convent at Blackrock, Co. See also:Cork. The ruins, beautifully placed on the See also:bank of the See also:river, embody a cruciform See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, transitional See also:Norman in See also:style, and exhibiting the See also:carving of the See also:period in its highest development. There is a See also:fine Perpendicular See also:tomb in the See also:choir. A large portion
remains of the adjoining buildings, including See also:chapter-See also:house, See also:sacristy, cloisters and See also:dormitory.
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