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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Graystown
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
GRAYSTOWN,
a parish, in the barony of SLIEVARDAGH, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 1¼ miles (S.W.) from Killenaule;
containing 2190 inhabitants.
It
comprises 5957 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued
at £3229 per annum.
Here
is Noan, the seat of the Taylor family.
Fairs
are held in July and Nov. The Killenaule coal field, which is described
in the article on the county, is in this parish.
It
is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Cashel, forming part of the union of Templeneiry, and corps
of the precentorship of Cashel cathedral: the tithes amount to £260.
There is a public school of 130 children, also two private schools, in which 160 children are educated.
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