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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Derrygrath
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
DERRYGRATH,
a parish, in the barony of IFFA and OFFA WEST, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 2¼ miles (E. by S.) from Cahir;
containing 1299 inhabitants.
It
is situated on the road from Clonmel to Cahir,
and comprises 3764 acres, of which about 30 are woodland, 2430 arable, 1088
pasture, and 16 bog.
Woodruff,
the seat of William Perry, Esq., is in a handsome and well-planted
demesne, which extends into the adjoining parishes.
The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, and in the patronage
of the bishop; the rectory constitutes the corps of the chancellorship of
the cathedral of St. Carthage, Lismore. The tithes amount to £230
and 6 shillings, of which £120 is payable to the appropriator, and £110
and 6 shillings to the vicar: the glebe comprises 16a.3r.24p. The church is
a plain neat building erected by aid of a gift of £800, and a loan of
£400, in 1816, from the late Board of First Fruits.
The
parochial schools are supported by the incumbant, and there is a female school
under the patronage of Mr. Perry, also a hedge school of about 100
children.
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