Place:


Cloneen  County Tipperary

 

In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Cloneen like this:

CLONYNE, or CLONEEN, a parish, partly in the barony of Slievardagh, but chiefly in that of MIDDLETHIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 4 miles (E.) from Fethard; containing 1680 inhabitants, and comprising 12,078 statute acres. Fairs are held on May 30th, June 29th, and Nov. ...


1st. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, and is part of the union of Fethard: the tithes amount to £300. In the R. C. divisions it is the head of a union or district, including the parishes of Clonyne and Drangan, in each of which is a chapel. There is a school in which are about 130 children.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cloneen, in and County Tipperary | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28118

Date accessed: 04th May 2024


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