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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Ballygriffin
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
BALLYGRIFFIN,
a parish, in the barony of CLANWILLIAM, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of Munster, 3 ½ miles (W.N.W.) from Cashel;
containing 1383 inhabitants.
It
is situated on the river Suir, which is here crossed by a bridge, and
comprises 2778 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, of which 960
acres are bog.
Lisheen,
the seat of Sir J. J. Fitzgerald, Bart., is pleasantly situated in
a well-planted demesne.
It
is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel,
and is part of the union of Relickmurry or Athassel; the tithes
amount to £191 8s.7d.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions it forms part of the union or district
of Annacarthy.
There is a pay school, in which are about 50 boys and 30 girls.
There are some remains of a castle, near which are the ruins of an ancient church or chapel.
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