5-643: Main Guard may refer to: Main Guard (Clonmel) Main Guard (Gibraltar) Main Guard (Valletta) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Main Guard . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Guard&oldid=932975664 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
10-644: A dining room and drawing room . These were used to entertain King James II in Clonmel in 1689. The building was also used as a " tholsel ", for gathering tolls . Some of the design was copied from works of Sir Christopher Wren . In 1715, the Palatinate jurisdiction was extinguished . After that, the Clonmel Assizes was held in the building, and it was there that Father Nicholas Sheehy ,
15-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Main Guard (Clonmel) The Main Guard is a National Monument and former courthouse located in Clonmel , Ireland . The Main Guard is located in the centre of Clonmel, north of the River Suir . It was here that the "main guard" of the troops for Clonmel were once stationed. During
20-462: The Siege of Clonmel (1650), the old Manor Court was destroyed, and after the restoration of the 1st Duke of Ormonde 's (1610–88) palatinate rights in 1662, he ordered the building of a new courthouse. Some of the stone was taken from Inislounaght Abbey (closed in 1540). It was completed in 1674: a courthouse for the Palatinate of County Tipperary . Also in the courthouse were private apartments,
25-467: The anti- Penal Laws agitator, was tried in 1766. He was hanged, drawn and quartered . In about 1810, the ground floor, a loggia of open arches, was converted into shops, a basement excavated and additional floors inserted. In the 1990s the Office of Public Works began to restore its original form and the open arcade of sandstone columns is once again a feature of the streetscape. The Main Guard
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