page_title: Lorrha
section_title: Notable buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Lorrha / Notable buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Castles of Munster: Lackeen, Tipperary The location of this castle is just north of the R438 and equi-distant between Portumna and Birr. This tower house with its stepped gables (a later modification) lies within a pentagonal bawn having an arched gateway entrance. The castle belonged to Brian O'Kennedy who died in 1588, and was confiscated by Cromwell in 1653.
context_page_description: Lorrha is a small village at the northern tip of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on a minor road between the R489 Birr to Portumna road and the N65 Nenagh to Portumna road about five kilometres east of the point where the River Shannon enters Lough Derg.
  It is also the name of atownland and a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower. The civil parish borders Portumna in County Galway and Birr in County Offaly.
context_section_description: Lackeen Castle, A Kennedy stronghold occasionally open to the public (built 12th century, rebuilt 16th century). It was here that the Lorrha Missal was rediscovered inside a stone wall in the 18th century.
  Redwood Castle. Norman castle (built c. 1200).
  Abbeville. Small country house (built c. 1840 adjoining earlier structure).
  The Church of Ireland features a stained glass window from the An Túr Gloine studio by Michael Healy depicting The Holy Women at the Tomb (1918).
caption: Lackeen Castle
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