Tybroughney

The name Tiobra Fhachna means "well of Saint Fachtna", who was at Lismore Abbey in the seventh century.^[5] Various anglicised spellings include Tibberaghny,^[3] Tiberaghny,^[6] Tipperaghny,^[7] Tybroughney,^[5] Tyburoughny,^[7] Tibroughny,^[6] Tybrachny.^[3][6]

Saint Fachtna's well, the holy well from which the townland is named, lies near the ruined former parish church.^[8] Saint Modomnoc reputedly lived as a hermit in the area in the sixth century, and a pattern was celebrated there on 13 February, his feast day.^[9][10] The church was built before the Norman invasion of Ireland, and the parish formerly belonged to the Diocese of Lismore rather than the Diocese of Ossory.^[11] A pillar in the churchyard is carved in the style of a Celtic high cross, of which it may be a remnant.^[8][12] In the Church of Ireland the parish was united to Whitechurch parish by 1821,^[13] and in 1833 both were among five civil parishes in the benefice of Fiddown.^[7][14] In the Catholic church it is part of Templeorum parish.^[7]

The site is at the limit of access upstream on the Suir for medieval sea-going vessels.^[5] A Viking settlement here was destroyed in 980.^[5] Prince John of England built a castle here in 1185 with another at Ardfinnan and Lismore, shortly after the Norman invasion, to guard the northern border of Waterford.^[5] John's castle may have been built on the site of the extant Tybroughney Castle built in the 15th century,^[5] or a motte-and-bailey on a now-empty height near by.^[7][15] The parish was in County Tipperary as late as 1536, but had been transferred to County Kilkenny by 1649.^[16]

The section of the N24 road between Carrick-on-Suir and Piltown runs through the north of the townland. Further south is the Limerick–Rosslare railway line, between Carrick-on-Suir station and Waterford station. A nearer station at Fiddown closed in 1964.^[8][19]