In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Owning like this:
OWNING, or BEAULIEU, also called BEWLEY, a parish, in the barony of IVERK, county of KILKENNY, and province of LEINSTER, 4 ½ miles (N.) from Carrick-on-Suir, and near the confines of the county of Tipperary; containing 1281 inhabitants, and comprising 3652 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and valued at £2867 per annum. ...
The village comprises about 12 houses. The parish is in the diocese of Ossory, the rectory being one of the four denominations constituting the union of Fiddown: the tithes amount to £180. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Templeorum, and contains a chapel, About 140 children are educated in two national schools; there is also a Sunday school.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Owning, in and County Kilkenny | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27116
Date accessed: 18th May 2024
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