TEMPLETENNY

In 1868, the parish of Templetenny contained the following places:

"TEMPLETENNY, a parish in the barony of West Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 10 miles S.W. of Cashel. Clogheen is its post town. The surface is mountainous, but soil good. The parish is crossed by the road from Ballyporeen to Mitchelstown, and the rivers Tar and Arralgan traverse its interior; the Galtee and Knockmealdown mountains are partly within its limits. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value £140, in the patronage of the crown. The church is modern. There is a Roman Catholic chapel. Limestone is quarried. The ruins of the old church are visible, and the churchyard is still in use. The Ballyporeen and Mitchellstoun caves, which were discovered in 1833, are to be seen here."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018