SILVERMINES - (Béal Átha Gabhann) (Ballygowan)
Transfer of lands in the Kilmore Parish under the Act of Settlement 1652. This is a 1674 copy. You can see the original and the new landowners. Henry Prittie appears to have grabbed the lions share. ( virtualtreasury.ie)
Partial section of Down Survey map of Kilmore Parish
The official register where Prittie signs over land to Queen Anne on 15/11/1709 for the Barracks to be built on ( virtualtreasury.ie)
Proposal to build a road between Toomevara & Silvermines
(The Daily Gazetteer - 30/03/1738)
Main St and Church of Ireland
St Mary's Church 1904
Some locals watching the photographer
St Mary's Church
Garryard House former R.I.C. Barracks and discontinued in 1891
Curious kids
O'Ciardha (Carey's) - Main St, Silvermines
Keanes Post Office which closed in 1946
Artwork occupying a derelict house
J, Ryan, Silvermines
Silvermines National School
Siney's Shop
Silvermines Cottage, Ballygowan
Ryan's Shop
The Irish Times - (05/09/1922)
Silvermines Creamery
Milk being delivered to Silvermines Creamery
Compensation after Arson by Crown Forces
(The Nation 26/01/1921)
Dancing at the Creamery
Building the Church Our Lady of Lourdes
Finished in 1961
Panoramic vistas over North Tipperary from Knockanroe viewing point aka Knockanderrig
Kilmore
Kilmore Graveyard & Church and aerial views from 16/07/1968
The Sporting Silvermines
The Dingers and the Dousers
"The Dingers and the Dousers
The Hogans and the Ryans
They all met together
At the fair of the Mines"
(Duchas.ie)
Fr. Daly switches on the lights - 14/12/1949
23/05/1970
Engaving by Maag - (1756)
Read his story on this page...just click on the link
Portrait of Cornelius Magrath by Pietro Longhi (1757) inscribed
"True portrait of the Giant Cornelio Magrat the Irishman; he came to Venice in the year 1757; born 1st of January, 1737 he is 7 feet tall and weighs 420 pounds"
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