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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Buolick or Baolick
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
This
parish is situated on the confines of the county of Kilkenny, and on
the road from Johnstown (Co. Kilkenny) to Killanule: it is skirted
on the west by the Bog of Allen, and comprises 6355 statute acres,
as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £5120 per annum. A considerable
quantity of coal is obtained here, and works are now being opened on the estate
of Mark Byrne, Esq. Littlefield is the property of E. Cooke,
Esq., who occasionally resides here.
The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel,
and in the patronage of the Archbishop: it is at present held by the treasurer
of the cathedral church of St. Patrick, Cashel, but forms no part of the endowment
of that dignity: the tithes amount to £420. There is neither church,
glebe, nor glebe-house; some remains of the old church yet exist, covered
with ivy; the inhabitants resort to Burris church.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a union or district,
called Gurtnahoe, comprising also the parishes of Kilcooley
and Fennor, and containing two chapels, situated
at Gurtnahoe in Buolick, and at New Birmingham in Kilcooley:
the former is a spacious building, in digging the foundations for which many
human bones were discovered, supposed to be those of the slain in a battle
said to have been fought at Ballysloe by the kings of Leinster and
Munster.
Three
national schools are situated at Ballyloe, Clonimiclan, and
Gurtnahoe, in which are about 180 boys and 100 girls.
There are considerable remains of an old castle, which appears to have been of great strength; it was the residence of the family of Butler, Viscounts Ikerrin, and is now the property of R. LaTouche, Esq., who has a considerable estate in the parish. Here also are two large Danish forts.
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