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Donohill Civil Parish, Tipperary County, IRELAND DONOHILL,
a parish, partly in the barony of CLANWILLIAM, but chiefly
in that of KILNEMANAGH, county of TIPPERARY,
and province of MUNSTER, 3¾ miles (N.) from Tipperary
town, on the new line of road to Nenagh; containing 4308
inhabitants. This parish comprises 12,812 statute acres, as applotted
under the tithe act. Greenfield,
the residence of Col W. Purefoy, and Philipstown, of
H. B. Bradshaw, Esq., are the principal seats. A
mountain stream, called the Anacarthy, runs through the parish,
where is a small village of that name, in which are a constabulary
police station, a chapel and a school. It
is in the diocese of Cashel;
the rectory is impropriate in the representatives of the Rev. R.
Watts, and the vicarage forms part of the corps of the precentorship
in the cathedral church of St. Patrick, Cashel. The tithes amount
to £384 12s. 3¾ d., of which £200 is payable to
the impropriators and the remainder to the vicar. The
Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established
Church; there are two chapels, one at Anacarthy, and one
at Donohill. There
are five schools aided by subscriptions; in which about 500 children
are taught. Some slight remains of the ancient church may be seen; there is a conical hill, supposed to be a Danish rath; and on an eminence near Anacarthy is a circular tower, called Ballysheedy Castle, forming a conspicuous object from a great distance.
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