THURLES, Tipperary (Dorles, _Cal._, i., 81).--A castle of Theobald Walter. Thurles Castle has a late keep with trefoil windows, and according to Grose was built by the Earl of Ormond in 1328. From information on the spot it appears that there used to be a motte in the gardens behind the castle; mentioned also by Lewis. [B. T. S.] TIBRAGHNY, or TIPPERAGHNY, Kilkenny (_Gir._, i., 386; _Cal._, i., 19).--Granted to William de Burgh in 1200; built by John in 1185.[1101] A motte, with ditch and bank, and some trace of a half-moon bailey to the north. About 200 yards away is the stone castle, a late keep with ogee windows. [B. T. S.] TIMAHOE, Queen's Co. (_Gir._, i., 356).--Built by Hugh de Lacy for Meiler Fitz Henry. A motte, called the Rath of Ballynaclogh, half a mile west of the village. The bailey, the banks and ditches of which seem remarkably well preserved, is almost circular, but the motte is placed at its edge, not concentrically. There are wing-banks running up the motte. Near it are the ruins of a stone castle built in Elizabeth's reign (Grose). [B. T. S.] TRIM, Meath.--The _Song_ tells of the erection of this castle by Hugh de Lacy, and how in his absence the _meysun_ (the keep--doubtless wooden) was burnt by the Irish, and the _mot_ levelled with the ground. This express evidence that the first castle at Trim had a motte is of great value, because there is no motte there now. The castle was restored by Raymond le Gros,[1102] but so quickly that the present remarkable keep can hardly have been built at that date.[1103] [B. T. S.] *TRISTERDERMOT (_Gir._, v., 356).--Castle of Walter de Riddlesford. Tristerdermot is now Castledermot; there used to be a _rath_ of some kind here close to the town. But Mr Orpen inclines to believe that the castle Giraldus alludes to was at Kilkea, another manor of De Riddlesford's, where there is a motte, near the modern castle. "In the early English versions of the _Expugnatio_ Kilcae is put instead of Tristerdermot as the place where Walter de Riddlesford's castle was built."[1104] *TYPERMESAN (_Cal._, i., 110).--Mr Orpen writes that this name occurs again in a list of churches in the deanery of Fore, which includes all the parish names in the half barony of Fore, except Oldcastle and Killeagh. He suspects that Typermesan is now known as Oldcastle, "where there is a remarkably well-preserved motte and raised bailey."[1105]