Attanagh
Civil Parish, Counties Kilkenny & Laois (Queen's), Ireland
ATTANAGH,
a parish, partly in the barony of CLARMALLAGH ( was UPPER OSSORY);
QUEEN'S county, but chiefly in that of FASSADINING, county
of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 1 3/4 miles (E. S. E.)
from Durrow containing 750 inhabitants.
This parish,
formerly called 'Rathanna and Attier', is situated on the river
Nore, and comprises 2445 statute acres, as applotted under the
tithe act.
The living
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Ossory; the rectory is
united to that of Aharney
and in the patronage of the Crown; the vicarage is united by act of
council to the vicarage of Aharney and the rectories of Kilmenan
and Rossconnell, in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithes amount
to £138 9 shillings 2 and 3/4 pence of which £92 6 shillings
1 and 3/4 pence is payable to the Rector, and the remainder to the vicar;
and the gross tithes payable to the vicar amount to £362. 11 shillings
3 and 1/2 pence. The tithes of the rectorial union amount to £318.
19 shillings 5 and 3/4 pence. The church is a plain neat edifice, was
erected by aid of a loan of. £850 from the late Board of First
Fruits, n 1821 The glebe-house is situated on a glebe of 40 acres on
which also the church is built, and there is another glebe of l00 acres
in Rossconnell.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions this parish is one of the nine denominations
that form the union or district of Ballyragget.
(Note: in the article on Ballyragget aka Donoughmore, Lewis mentions
that there were two chapels for that R.C. parish, one in Ballyragget
and one in Attanagh)
The parochial
school, in which are 25 children, is supported by the rector and vicar;
and there is a private pay school.
