County: Tipperary Site name: THURLES: 1–2 Parnell Street
Sites and Monuments Record No.: SMR 41:42:1 Licence number: 98E0563
Author: Paul Stevens for Margaret Gowen & Co. Ltd.
Site type: Castle - tower house
Period/Dating: Late Medieval (AD 1100-AD 1599)
ITM: E 612447m, N 658643m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.678804, -7.815921
Monitoring was undertaken of a development at 1–2 Parnell Street, Thurles. The site is a mid-19th-century yellow brick townhouse and yard, backing onto the Black Castle, a 15th/16th-century tower-house and partial bawn, within the medieval walled town of Thurles.
Monitoring of a foundation trench, 11.5m by 8–9m and 0.5m deep, at the rear of the townhouse on 13 and 14 July 1999 revealed no archaeological features or deposits across the site. During construction, demolition of a lean-to exposed a portion of the Black Castle wall and revealed a blocked arrow-loop at ground-floor level. The loop was of cut and puckered-finished grey limestone and was splayed towards the base, with the opening recessed from the outside to allow greater cover. It measured 1.33m in height, 0.55m in sill width, 0.3m in lintel width and 0.12m in ope width and was blocked with yellow, handmade bricks. The arrow-loop and wall are outside the area to be developed.
2 Killiney View, Albert Road Lower, Glenageary, Co. Dublin
