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Counties Tipperary & Limerick, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Cullen
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
CULLEN,
a parish, partly in the barony of CLANWILLIAM, county of TIPPERARY,
and partly in that of COONAGH, county of LIMERICK, and province
of Munster, 4 miles (N.W.) from Tipperary
town; containing 1412 inhabitants, of which number 498 are in the village,
which was formerly a market-town, but is now an inconsiderable place. here
is a constabulary police station; and two fairs are held, one moveable, either
in May or June, the other on Oct. 29th.
The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Emly,
united from time immemorial to the rectories of Solloghodmore and Solloghodbeg,
and the vicarage of Toughcluggin, together forming the union of
Cullen, in the patronage of the Archbishop of Cashel. The tithes of the
parish amount to £122 7S. 6½ d., and of the union, to £591
5s. 7¼ d. The glebe-house was built by aid of a gift of £100
and a loan of £900, in 1819, from the late Board of First Fruits; there
are three glebes in the union, comprising together 45¼ acres. The church
is a plain building.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions the parish forms part of the union
or district of Lattin; the chapel is a small
building.
The
parochial schools, in which about 20 boys and 10 girls are educated, are supported
by the incumbent, and about 120 children are taught in two hedge schools.
In
a small bog has been found a great number of interesting relics of remote
antiquity, an account of which was furnished to the Society of Antiquaries,
in 1774, by Governor Pownall, and which is inserted in their Archaeologia.
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