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KILCOOLY
"Kilcooly",
a parish, in the barony of Slievardagh,
county of Tipperary, and province of Munster, 5 miles (S.) from
Johnstown; containing, with the town of New Birmingham, 3667 inhabitants.
The parish comprises 9052 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act.
The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Cashel, and in the patronage
of the Crown. In the R. C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or
district of Gurtnahoe, or Fennor, and has a chapel at New Birmingham. There
is also a meeting house for Wesleyan Methodists. About 280 children are
educated in two public schools. There are some ruins of the castle of
Grange.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]
Note: A small part of the parish is located in the county of Kilkenny, next
to the civil parish of Tubbridbritain, and the R.C. parish of Urlingford.
Church Records
Civil Parish: Kilcooly, diocese of Cashel. RC Parish: Gortnahoe.
Earliest Records: b. Sep 1805; m. Oct 1805.
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC
parish parish period number
Kilcooly Urlingford not available
Historical Geography
Townlands (1851)
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 17 Apr 1999
Parish Townland Acres Diocese
Kilcooly Newtown 328 Cashel
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