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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Ballysheehan
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
BALLYSHEEHAN,
a parish, in the barony of MIDDLETHIRD county of TIPPERARY,
and province of Munster, 3 miles (N.) from Cashel;
containing 3034 inhabitants.
It
is situated on the mail coach road from Dublin, by way of Cashel,
to Cork, and comprises 8678 statute acres, of which 3657 are applotted
under the tithe act and valued at 7118 per annum. There are about 150 acres
of bog, producing a valuable supply of fuel, and 50 acres of woodland; the
remainder is arable and pasture.
New
Park, the handsome seat of Matthew Pennefather, Esq., is pleasantly
situated in a well-planted demesne of 960 statute acres; and Dually
is the seat of J. Scully, Esq.
Fairs
are held on May 6th, Aug. 15th, and Dec. 5th; and a constabulary police force
is stationed here.
The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel,
and in the patronage of the Archbishop; the rectory is impropriate in S.
Cooper, Esq. The tithes amount to £415 7s.8 ¼ d., of which
£265 7s. 8 ¼ d., is payable to the impropriator, and £150
to the vicar. There is neither church, glebe-house, nor glebe; the members
of the Established church attend divine service at Cashel and Ardmoyle.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions this parish forms part of the union or district
of Boherlahan; the chapel is a neat modern building.
There
are three pay schools, in which are about 140 boys and 90 girls.
Ballytarsney Castle, a lofty square tower, is said to have been built by a person named Hacket, who, according to tradition, was hanged by one of Cromwell's generals, who had gained possession of it by treachery.
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