Loughmoe East is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.[1](Gaelic: Na Cealla Beaga). Also called CALLABEG, or KILNASEAR, the parish, in the barony of ELIOGARTY, County TIPPERARY, is in the province of MUNSTER, about 2 miles south-east of Templemore. This parish is situated on the river Suir, which separates it from Loughmoe-West, and on the road from Templemore to Thurles, and comprises 3417 statute acres.[2][3]
History
editOn the townland of Killahara is a very fine old castle, which formerly belonged to the Purcells, it was in 1837, the property of a Mr. Trant. It had a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, and was part of the union of Templetuohy and corps of the prebend of Kilbragh in the cathedral of Cashel: the tithes amounted to £249. 17s. 9d. There was a pay school, in which are about So boys and 20 girls. Originally containing 1600 inhabitants in 1837, it was devastated by the Great Famine.[4]
Townlands
editIts townlands include:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Loughmoe East, County Tipperary
- ^ as applotted under the tithe act.
- ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine - 6 inch historic map.
- ^ Samuel West, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
