Note:
There is no civil parish by this name listed in the 1851 townlands directory,
neither is there a townland
GRANGECLOVAN,
or GRANGELORAN, a parish, in the barony of FASSADINING,
county of KILLKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 1 mile
(S. W. ) from Ballyragget, on
the river Nore ; containing 949 inhabitants, and comprising 5611½
statute acres.
It is
a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Ossory, forming part of the union of Burnchurch
: the tithes amount to £47. 14s. 11d.
In the
Roman Catholic divisions it is the head of a union or district,
called Conahy, which includes this parish and Maine,
and part of the parishes of Kilmocar,
Coolcraheen, Three Castles,
and Burnchurch ; and has a chapel
at Conally.
