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KNOCKTOPHER
"Knocktopher", a town and
parish in the barony of Knocktopher, county
of Kilkenny, Ireland, and province of Leinster, 10 miles (S.) from Kilkenny.
on the road to Waterford; containing 1518 inhabitants, of which number,
475 are in the town. This place was the principal residence of the Butlers,
Earls of Ormonde, of whom James, the second Earl, in 1356, founded a monastery
for Carmelite friars, of which the first prior, Henry Brown, received two
parts of the temporalities of the see of Ossory, then in the King's hands;
and the last prior, William, was made bishop of that diocese by Edward VI.
The living is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Ossory, united by
act of council, in 1676, to the rectories and vicarages of
Kilneddy,
Aughaviller, Kiltorkin,
Der[ry]nahensy, Kilkeril,
Kilkeasy and Donemagan, together forming the union of Knocktopher, in the
patronage of the Bishop. The glebe-house is situated on a glebe of 16 acres,
and there are other glebe lands in the union, comprising 25 acres. In the
R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or district called
Ballyhale, comprising also the parishes of Derrynahinch, Aughaviller,
and Kilkeasy, and part of the parishes of Burnchurch, Jerpoint, and Kells;
and containing five chapels, of which the chapel of Knocktopher is a
neat edifice. About 150 children are taught in two public schools; and there
are three private schools, in which are 250 children.
[From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837)]Church Records
Civil Parish: Knocktopher. RC Parish: Ballyhale.
Earliest Records: b. Feb 1843; m. May 1843.
Civil Roman Catholic Time FHLC
parish parish period number
Knocktopher Aghaviller pt not available
Ballyhale pt not available
Knocktopher pt 1782-1833 0926203
1834-1880 0926203
Historical Geography
Townlands (1851)
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 10 Apr 1999
Parish Townland Acres Diocese
Knocktopher Ballyboodan 276 Ossory
Knocktopher Barrettstown 576 Ossory
Knocktopher Baunanattin 22 Ossory
Knocktopher Common 4 Ossory
Knocktopher Coolmore 299 Ossory
Knocktopher Danesrath 335 Ossory
Knocktopher Earlsgrove 108 Ossory
Knocktopher Glebe 24 Ossory
Knocktopher Knocktopher Commons 187 Ossory
Knocktopher Knocktopherabbey 228 Ossory
Knocktopher Knocktophermanor 257 Ossory
Knocktopher Moanroe Commons 68 Ossory
Knocktopher Monyheige Commons 30 Ossory
Knocktopher Ricesland 65 Ossory
Knocktopher Sheepstown 572 Ossory
Knocktopher Ballygeardra 793 Ossory
Knocktopher Bowersacre 1 Ossory
Knocktopher Carrickshock Commons 47 Ossory
Knocktopher Carrigeen 46 Ossory
Knocktopher Castlecolumb 364 Ossory
Knocktopher Kilcurl (Anglesey) 113 Ossory
Knocktopher Kilcurl (Feronsby) 141 Ossory
Knocktopher Whitecastle Lower 127 Ossory
Knocktopher Whitecastle Upper 27 Ossory
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