Stop 7: La Poer Tower
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Poer Tower is about 65 ft high. It was built in 1785 by the First Marquis of
Curraghmore in memory of his eldest son who was killed jumping his horse over
courtyard pailings. He was only thirteen. A spiral stairway with 92 steps leads
to the top of the tower and on a clear day, you can see three counties from the
top: Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford. It is said that at the point when the
tower comes into view, there used to be a hedge school at the turn of the road.
Notice
the inscription on the tower that reads: La Poer Tower, erected in the year 1785
by George, Earl of Tyrone, to his beloved son, his niece and a friend.” The
“friend” is supposed to be Mr. Charles Poliere de Botens, the boy’s tutor
at Curraghmore, who died at Curraghmore a short time after his pupil’s death.
The
inscription is as follows:
“La Poer tower, erected in the year 1785, by George, Earl of Tyrone, to his beloved son, his niece, and friend.”
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La Poer Tower
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