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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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

"NEWCASTLE, a parish and post-office village in the barony of Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 6½ miles S.W. of Clonmel. The parish is 4 miles long by 3½ broad. Some parts of the surface consist of very good land. The river Suir effects the drainage towards the N. The village is situated on the bank of the Suir, and contains a dispensary, which is in the Clogheen poor-law union. The living is a suspended vicarage in the diocese of Lismore. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Derrygrath. There are two or three day schools in the parish."

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