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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Dorrah or Durrow
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
DORRAH
or DURROW, a parish, in the barony of LOWER ORMOND, county of
TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER,
3 miles (W.) from Parsonstown (Co. Offaly), on the roads leading respectively
from Portumna (Co. Galway) to Parsonstown and from Nenagh
to Banagher (Co. Offaly) ; containing
3397 inhabitants.
It
is situated near the river Shannon, and is bounded on the north by
the river Brosna, comprising 10,829 statute acres, as applotted under
the tithe act: about 3000 acres are bog, principally lying along the Shannon
and the Brosna, and consequently capable of drainage from the fall of the
land towards those rivers; and of the remainder the greatest portion is under
tillage; a tract of 200 acres of meadow, called the Inches, is of remarkably
fine quality, and the parish generally is in a good state of cultivation.
there is a quarry of good limestone, which is burnt for manure.
The
principal seats are Walsh Park, that of J.W. Walsh, Esq.; Sraduff,
of T. Antisell, Esq.; Newgrove, of J.W. Bayly, Esq.;
Rockview, of J. Lewis Corrigan, Esq.; Gurteen, of
J.Lalor, Esq.; Arbour Hill, of J. Antisell, Esq.; Ross
House, of R. Smith, Esq.; Clongowna, of Rev. Mr. Troke;
Ballyduff, of B. Walker, Esq.; and Redwood, the property
of Maj. Bloomfield.
There
is a flour mill at Derrinsallagh.
The
parish is in the diocese of Killaloe, and is a rectory and vicarage,
forming part of the union of Lorrha and corps of the archdeaconry
of Killaloe; the tithes amount to £415 7s. 8¼
d. It formerly consisted of three parishes, Bonohane, Pallas, and Ross,
the remains of the churches of which are still visible, and the two former
had glebes. At Ross there was a very extensive burial-ground, which has not
been used as such within the memory of man. the church is a neat modern edifice,
completed in 1832, for which a grant of £900 was made by the late Board
of First Fruits: the old church has been occupied as a dwelling-house from
time immemorial.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions also the parish forms part of the union or
district of Lorrha, called also Dorrha; the chapel, on the townland
of Gurteen, has been lately fitted up in a neat manner.
In
the demesne of Walsh Park is a school-house built by the proprietor,
who supports the school; and there is a school at Gurteen in connection
with the National Board.
At
Redwood are the ruins of an old castle, and there are some remains
of the ancient parish church.
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