gabled attic. The most notable restoration achievement was that of the long gallery on the first floor of the facade, where the ceiling had largely collapsed. This room, once hung with tapestries, has a magnificent limestone fireplace bearing the date 1565, and has stucco representations of Queen Elizabeth flanked by Equity and Justice. It is said that she had promised her cousin that she would one day visit. Namesake in the United States Ormond Plantation House in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana — named Ormond by Colonel Richard Butler, the owner from 1805 to 1819 References External links Ormond Castle - official site at Heritage Ireland National Monuments in County Tipperary Historic house museums in the Republic of Ireland Museums in County Tipperary Castles in County Tipperary Carrick-on-Suir History of County Tipperary