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The town seems to have been refounded in the 16th century.

In 1550 the town and friary were burned by O ' Carroll.

In 1641 the town was captured by Owen Roe O ' Neill, but shortly afterwards it was recaptured by Lord Inchiquin.

It surrendered to Ireton in 1651 during the Cromwellian period and was burned by Sarsfield in 1688 during the Williamite Wars.

Apart from the Castle and Friary most of the town's buildings date from the mid-18th century onwards when its sale out of Butler ownership led to the large-scale grant of leases and the subsequent growth of industries and buildings.

The town's growth and development was accelerated in 1838 when the geographical county of Tipperary was divided into two ridings and Nenagh became the administrative capital of the North Riding.

In this period Daniel O ' Connell held one of his Monster meetings for Repeal of the Act of Union at Grange outside of Nenagh.