KILLALOAN

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

"KILLALOAN, (or Killoloan), a parish partly in the barony of East Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, and partly in that of Upperthird, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Clonmel, its post town. The parish is 4½ miles long by 2 broad. It consists of a fertile part of the valley of the river Suir. It is mountainous in the Waterford division. The interior is traversed by the road from Waterford to Clonmel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value £46, in the patronage of the crown. The church was erected in 1827 by the late Board of First Fruits. There are three day schools, one of which was founded by the National Board. Newtown Nenner is the principal residence. In this parish are the ruins of Darintar Castle, also some Druidical remains.

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