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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Ballybacon
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
BALLYBACON,
a parish, in the barony of IFFA and OFFA WEST, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of Munster, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Clogheen; containing
2970 inhabitants.
This
parish is situated on the mail coach road from Cork to Dublin,
and near the river Suir; and comprises 4158 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. The river Tarr flows through it; and within its
limits is Kilgrogy, the residence of S. Clutterbuck, Esq.
The
living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore; the rectory
is part of the union of Kilrush and corps of the archdeaconry of Lismore,
and the vicarage is united to that of Tubrid. The tithes amount to
£461 10s. 1d., of which £283 0s. 10d., is payable to the archdeacon,
and £178 9s. 3d., to the vicar. There is no church ; the glebe, which
belongs to the archdeacon, comprises 17 ¾ acres.
In
the R.C. divisions this parish forms part of the union of Ardfinnan:
two chapels are now being erected.
There are two pay schools, in which are about 100 boys and 80 girls. here is a well, called Poul-a-Tarr, 48 feet in depth, from which there is a constant and copious flow of water.
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