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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Killea
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
KILLEA a parish, in the barony of IKERRIN, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (N.W. by N.) from Templemore, on the road to Dunkerrin; containing 1491 inhabitants.
This parish comprises 3809 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is principally in pasture; it contains limestone and granite. Here is a constabulary police station.
Park is the seat of J. Butler, Esq.
It is a
rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of
Cashel, forming part of the union of Templemore:
the tithes amount to £221 10S. 9¼d., and the glebe comprises
8½ acres.
In the Roman Catholic divisions it forms part of the union or district of Templemore, and has a chapel at Killea.
About 110 children are educated in a public school.
Here are some remains of an old church, to which a burial-ground is attached.
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