LOUGHKEEN

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

"LOUGHKEEN, a parish in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 8 miles N.E. of Borrisokane. Parsonstown is its post town. It is 5½ miles long, and its average breadth is 1½ mile. The soil is of middling quality. The Little Brosna impinges on the boundary of the parish, and the road from Birr to Limerick crosses the interior. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Killaloe, value £128, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by means of a grant from the late Board of First Fruits in 1822. Here is a Roman Catholic chapel, which is united to that of Birr; also one National and three or four day schools in the parish. Among the seats of the district are Gurteen, Ivyhall. Wingfield, Carrig, Elm Hall, Castle-view, Riverstown, and Oakpark."

"BALLYLOUGHNANE, a village in the parish of Loughkeen, and barony of Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles to the S.W. of Parsonstown. It lies on the west bank of the river Brosna."

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