placenamesBurncourt
An Chúirt Dóite
A village whose fortified Everard house preserves archaeological evidence and inspires local creative work.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Chúirt Dóite · Irish · main form · validated name
- Burncourt · English · main form
Place & story
Sir Richard Everard’s short-lived house
Burncourt Castle was built for Sir Richard Everard and first occupied in 1641. It was a fortified residence, combining domestic accommodation with defensive features. A destructive fire around 1649–50 ended its occupation. Accounts differ over whether Cromwell’s forces or Lady Everard set the fire; the excavation report preserves that uncertainty. The building was abandoned afterwards, leaving the substantial shell that became the village’s best-known historic landmark. [2]
Cellar drainage and a foundation deposit
Archaeological work in 2005 exposed the cobbled cellar floor and traced drains through the central block towards the corner towers. The floor’s slope helped direct water into this system. Excavators also found traces interpreted as scaffolding and construction debris. Part of an adult cow’s skeleton had been placed beneath the east wall footing. These findings describe the building’s construction and practical workings as well as the later loss of its roof and timber floors. [2]
The castle as a setting for community art
In 2021, Burncourt Community Council organised an evening called Illuminating the Past, with a documentary planned for projection onto the castle walls. Its programme brought together drone footage, children’s artwork, pupils’ recorded accounts of attending school near the castle and a specially composed song. Supported by the county’s Creative Ireland programme, the project shows how the ruin became a subject for local creative work as well as historical study. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Civil parish
- Shanrahan
- Coordinates
- 52.31372, -8.07332 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414505 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Burncourt. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2005:1402 Burncourt Castle, licence 03E1909 · Rose M. Cleary, Department of Archaeology, University College Cork
- Illumination of Burncourt Castle, 1 September 2021 · Burncourt Community Council announcement, Tipperary Live
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.