"Of the population in 1861, 12,800, or 5.1 per cent., were members of the Established Church; 234,881, or 94.3 per cent., were Roman Catholics; and 1,425, or 0.6 per cent., belonged to other Christian denominations"[Description from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2018]

Various items  - on IGP

• Tipperary - Freemans Journal, 23-Nov-1786, Roman Catholic inhabitants of the Parish of Bourney
• Tipperary - Freemans Journal 10-Oct-1786, Protestant inhabitants of the town and parish of Thurles
• Tipperary - Freemans Journal 130-Sep-1786, Catholic inhabitants of the town and parish of Thurles

Preamble to the Protestation (1641), transcribed by J.M. Joliffe.