Object description

Tynan Abbey in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was a large neo-gothic-romantic country house built c. 1750 and situated outside the village of Tynan. It was home to the Stronge family until 1981, when it was set on fire by incendiary devices after the Provisional IRA shot dead Sir Norman Strong aged 86 and his son Sir James Strong aged 48, a Royal Ulster Constabulary officer; its ruins were demolished in 1998, having stood for 249 years.