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County Tipperary, Ireland
CIVIL PARISHES
Johnstown or Scaddenstown
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
JOHNSTOWN
(St.) or SCADDANSTOWN, a parish, in the barony of MIDDLETHIRD,
county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER,
3 miles (S. by E.) from Killenaule, on the road to Fethard;
containing 772 inhabitants.
It
comprises 2223 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, consisting
of good land under tillage and pasture, without waste or bog. There are several
quarries of excellent limestone.
St.
Johnstown Castle, consisting of a high square tower in good preservation,
is the property of James Millet, Esq., who has a modern house in the
immediate vicinity. Lismortagh is the residence of John Millet,
Esq.; and Mortlestown Castle is also in this parish.
It
is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel,
forming part of the union of Killenaule; the vicarage is appropriate
to the vicars choral of Cashel. The tithes amount to £143 6s. 6½
d., of which £110 is payable to the incumbent, and the remainder to
the vicars choral.
About
40 children are educated in the parochial school, which is aided by £12
per annum from the incumbent; the school-house and a residence for the master
were built at the expense of the late Col. Pennefather. There are also
three private pay schools, in which about 170 children are educated.
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