placenamesTemplederry
Teampall Doire
A nineteenth-century church and a twentieth-century school mark two periods of building in Templederry.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Teampall Doire · Irish · main form · validated name
- Templederry · English · main form
Place & story
The church and its tower
Templederry’s Church of Ireland church carries the date 1828. A three-stage tower rises beside the nave, its sandstone masonry finished with battlements and pinnacles. Round-headed windows retain cast-iron latticework, while cut limestone surrounds frame the openings. An outside flight of steps reaches a doorway in the tower. The church, graveyard and crypt form a distinctive group. [2]
Moving to a modern school
Templederry National School was built in 1962, with its first pupils arriving in May 1963. Contractor Nicky Callanan employed local people on the work. The school’s golden-jubilee booklet recalls the changes children noticed: a covered play shelter, a concrete yard, numbered cloakroom hooks, and toilets with washbasins. Timber floors and tiled corridors also brought different expectations about footwear and care of the new building. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Upper
- Civil parish
- Templederry
- Coordinates
- 52.77208, -8.07409 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414539 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Templederry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Templederry Church, record 22402719 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Footsteps Through Time: Templederry National School, 1962–2012, 1 June 2012 · Templederry National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2012-02-13. How this page was prepared.