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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Emly
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
EMLY,
a parish, and the seat of a diocese, in the barony of CLANWILLIAM,
county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER,
7 miles (S.W.) from Tipperary
town, and 15 (W.) from Cashel, on the
confines of the county of Limerick; containing 3838 inhabitants, of
which number, 701 are in the village.
This
place, noticed under the name of "Imlagh," by Ptolemy, as
one of the three principal towns of Ireland, is of very remote antiquity,
and was formerly an important city and the seat of a diocese.
The
living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Emly,
and in the patronage of the archbishop of Cashel; the rectory is appropriate
to the economy fund of the cathedral of Emly. The tithes amount to
£450, of which £300 is payable as rectorial tithes, and the remainder
to the vicar. the glebe-house is a neat building, and the glebe comprises
10 acres. The cathedral, which serves also as the parish church, is a handsome
structure of hewn stone, in the later English style,with a lofty spire, erected
in 1827, at an expense of £2521 11s.9d., defrayed from a surplus of
the economy fund, which had been for several years accumulating for that purpose.
The
Roman Catholic parish is co-extensive with that of the Established Church,
and contains a chapel.
There
are two private schools, in which are about 80 children.
In
the church-yard is a large cross of rough stone, also a well, called St.
Ailbe's well, which are held in veneration by the peasantry, who assemble
here on the 12th of September, the anniversary of that saint's death. A very
ancient canoe, resembling those of the south sea islanders, was dug up some
time since near the village; and very rich armlets of gold, and brass swords
have also been found in the adjacent bogs.
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