School: Rahelty, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 4513)
- Location:
- Rahelty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Mac Domhnaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 135
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- (continued from previous page)own Courts of law, levy customs and fair and market tolls and send representatives to the Anglo-Norman Parliament.
For the better protection of the inhabitants the Anglo Norman towns were walled in. In 1356 the inhabitants of Thurles were granted the right to levy tolls for the walling-in of the town. The houses of the inhabitants were situated around the Market Square. This constituted the old town to which there were two entrances, one at the Eastern end, the other at the western. One of the Towers of the Eastern Gate still remains at the Bridge. It retains the springing stone of the arch over the gate. The western gate towers and arch have entirely disappeared, only the name "West Gate" remaining to perpertuate its memory. Its local name 100 years ago was Geata na gCoileach.
The town was the centre of the Manor of Thurles, which comprised the land within an approximate radius of 2 miles of the town. In the Manorial area the Normans erected Castles at convenient points for the protection of the inhabitants. One of these castles still remains in the(continues on next page)
