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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"TISAXON, a parish in the barony of Kinsale, county Cork, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles W.N.W. of Kinsale, its post town. The river Bandon traverses the interior. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Cork, value £78, in the patronage of the crown. The church has long been in ruins. In the Roman Catholic arrangement this parish is united to that of Kinsale. The principal residences are Teighsasson House, Ballywilliam, and Holyhill. Here are the ruins of White Castle, built in 1497 for the Roches."

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