BALLYTARSNEY,
a parish, in the barony of IVERK, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 6 ½ miles (E. S. E.) from Carrick-on-Suir:
the population is returned with the parish of Poleroan.
This parish
is situated on the road from Waterford to Limerick, and
is about five British furlongs in length and breadth, comprising 1116
statute acres.
It is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Ossory, and forms part of the union of Clonmore
: the tithes amount to £81. 14 shillings, 8 and a half pence.
In the
R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Moncoin. Here are the remains of a square fort, which appears to
have been of considerable strength.
