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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Drom or Dromsperane
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
DROM
or DROMSPERANE, a parish, in the barony of ELIOGARTY, county
of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER,
2½ miles (S.W.) from Templemore, on the road from that place
to Cashel; containing 1951 inhabitants.
It
comprises 4111 statute acres, and is in the diocese
of Cashel; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Ormonde;
the vicarage forms part of the corps of the treasurership in the cathedral
of St. Patrick, Cashel. the tithes amount to £221 10s. 9¼ d.,
of which £138 9s. 2¾ d., is payable to the impropriator, and
the remainder to the vicar.
In
the Roman Catholic divisions it is the head of a union or district,
comprising this parish and Inch, in each of
which is a chapel; that of Drom is a large handsome building, erected
in 1829.
There
is a public school, in which about 180, and two private schools, in which
about 170, children are educated. here are some remains of the old church.
A
constabulary police force is stationed in the village.
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