Callabeg or Kilnasear or Loughmoe East, Co. Tipperary, Ireland: Lewis 1837©Jane Lyons

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County Tipperary, Ireland

CIVIL PARISHES

Callabeg or Kilnasear or Loughmoe East

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

CALLABEG or KILNASEAR OR LOUGHMORE EAST, a parish, in the barony of ELIOGARTY, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2½ miles (S.E.) from Templemore; containing 1600 inhabitants.

This parish is situated on the river Suir, which separates it from Loughmoe-West, and on the road from Templemore to Thurles, and comprises 3417 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
On the townland of Killahara is a very fine old castle, which formerly belonged to the Purcells, and is now the property of Mr. Trant.

It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, and is part of the union of Templetuohy and corps of the prebend of Kilbragh in the cathedral of Cashel; the tithes amount to £249 17s. 9d.

There is a pay school, in which are about 30 boys and 20 girls.

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