Martin Mansergh (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)

The remains of the passage tomb at Knockroe lie in an agricultural landscape close to the Lingaun River and the boundary between counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. Its present appearance belies its importance. Known locally as the Coshel, it has long been regarded locally as a place of significance, its mysterious past and its relationship to a wider symbolic landscape accepted as an integral part of local culture.

The monument is located on sloping ground in a landscape of low hills dominated by the mass of Sliabh na mBan to the west. Land use in the immediate environs of the monument is predominantly pasture grazed by cattle. To the south and west, the land slopes dramatically to the river, its banks shrouded in dense vegetation. A short distance away, the riverine landscape bears the scars of abandoned stone quarries, now softened by encroaching vegetation.