INISHLOUNAGHT

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

"INISHLOUNAGHT, (or Abbey), a parish partly in the barony of Glenaheiry, county Waterford, and partly in the baronies of East Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles S.W. of Clonmel, its post town. The surface consists of a rich and highly cultivated soil. The parish is traversed by the road from Cork to Dublin. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lismore, value with another, £531, in the patronage of the crown. The church was rebuilt in 1818, by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. There are a parish school, a girls' school, and three private schools. Near the village are the ruins of an abbey first founded by St. Mochoemoc in the 7th century, and subsequently by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick, in 1187. It was granted to Edward Geogh by Queen Elizabeth. Part of this abbey is embodied with the church. Here, in 1399, the Earl of Desmond met the Earl of Ormonde, when a reconciliation took place. Marlfield, Oakland, and Salisbury, are the principal residences. Granite and limestone are quarried. Tobeeraheena is a fair town.

"ABBEY, a village in the parish of Inishlounaght, in the barony of East Iffa and Offa, in the county of Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated on the river Suir, 2 miles to the S.W. of Clonmel."

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