CLONMORE,
a parish, in the barony of IVERK, county of KILKENNY,
and province of LEINSTER, 2½ miles (S. S. E.) from Piltown,
on the mail coach road from Limerick to Waterford ; containing
702 inhabitants.
Agriculture
is in an improved state, and there is no waste land; the bog on the
estate of Cloncunny has been drained and reclaimed by its proprietor,
Henry H. Briscoe, Esq. Limestone is quarried for manure and for
building and repairing the roads ; town manure and culm are brought
by the river Suir.
The principal
seats are Silverspring, the residence of D. Osborne, Esq.,
and Cloncunny, of Henry H Briscoe, Esq.
The living
is a. rectory and vicarage, in the diocese
of Ossory, united to those of Ballytarsney,
and in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithes amount to £173.
3s. 7d, and of the whole benefice, to £254. 18s. 3 ½ d.
The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £400, and a loan
of £386, from the late Board of First Fruits, in 1817 : the glebe
comprises 11a. 19p. The church was erected by aid of a gift of £900
from the late Board, in 1818; and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have
recently granted £151. 11s. 8d. towards its repair.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions this parish is in the union or district
of Moncoin.
A well
at Greagavine was formerly much resorted to by pilgrims on Ascension-day;
the water was said to cure ague by immersion. There are some slight
remains of an old church. Part of the ancient residence of the bishops
of Ossory is still remaining.
