The Tipperary Times 1839, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Tipperary Index Tipperary Newspapers Copyright Contributed by Mary Heaphy ________________________________________ THE TIMES TIPPERARY, IRELAND - 1839 Use Ctrl-F to Find in Page The Times February 23 1839 Destruction of Kilcooley Abbey by Fire. This splendid old Gothic mansion, the residence of Mr. PONSONBY BARKER, one of the Conservative candidates for the County of Tipperary, was burned to the ground on Sunday Morning, The furniture, and everything but the plate, were consumed. Captain and Mrs BARKER, who had been sleeping in the Abbey, had a very narrow escape, having got out at the window and descended 40 feet by a ladder, a few moments before the floor of their bedchamber had fallen in. The fire originated in the Library during the night. The Abbey was insured for the sum of 13,200. (Don't know if its shillings or pounds. M.)