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]
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, 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]
Population
Censuses recorded population by townland until 1911.
Population of civil parish and townland of Tibberaghny at decennial censuses[17][18]
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