LITTER

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

"LITTER, (or Castle-hyde), a parish in the baronies of Condons, Clangibbon, and Fermoy, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles N. W. of Fermoy, its post town. It is 3 miles long by 1½ mile broad. It is situated along the bank of the Blackwater, and the road from Fermoy to Mallow traverses the interior. The surface consists generally of a good soil. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Cloyne, value £295, in the patronage of the bishop and T. Gollock, Esq. The church was built at the expense of the late John Hyde, Esq. There are two day schools. Castle-Hyde is a very fine demesne.

"CREGG, a demesne in the parish of Litter, barony of Condons, in the county of Cork, province of Munster, Ireland. It is the seat of the Stewarts, and is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Blackwater. Here is an old castle, formerly occupied by the Roche family. There are several other small places of this name, in the counties of Clare, Galway, Meath, Tipperary, and Sligo."

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