Place:


Mora  County Tipperary

 

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

MORA, or MOORESTOWN, a parish, in the barony of MIDDLETHIRD, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 3 miles (W. by S.) from Fethard; containing 813 inhabitants, and comprising 2400 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Lismore, being the corps of the prebend of Mora in the cathedral of Lismore, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £259. 7. 11. About 70 children are educated in a school aided by the rector: the school-house was built by subscription.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/28668

Date accessed: 29th April 2024


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