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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Ballycahill
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
Note: Roman Catholic parish records for those parishes that belong to the Diocese of Cashel and Emly are not available to the public
It
comprises 3884 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; the lands
are principally under tillage; part of the bog of Ballynahow is within
its limits; and there is abundance of limestone, which is quarried for building
and burning.
Castle
Fogarty, the ancient seat of the O'Fogarty family, from whom it
descended to its present proprietor, J. Lanigan, Esq., is a square
castellated mansion, with embattled towers at the angles, and is situated
in a fine demesne, comprising 450 statute acres, and richly embellished with
wood. Prior Lodge, the property and residence of Rev. Dr. Prior,
is situated in a small but tastefully disposed demesne; and Montalt,
the property of J. Lanigan, Esq. is now in the occupation of William
Ryan, Esq.
The
hamlet is a constabulary police station.
It
is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel,
entirely impropriate to Mrs. Carrol and Mr. Fogarty. The tithes
amount to £246 6s.10 ½ d., payable to the impropriators, who
allow a stipend of £7 per annum to the curate of Holycross for the performance
of the clerical duties. The church is in ruins; the Protestant inhabitants
attend divine service at the churches of Holycross and Moyaliffe.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions it is united with Holycross;
the chapel is a spacious and net structure with a tower.
There
are three pay-schools, in which are about 150 children.
The remains of the castle of Ballynahow consist chiefly of a circular tower.
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