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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Rochestown contained the following places:"ROCHESTOWN, a parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa West, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 2½ miles S.E. of Cahir, its post town. The surface lies along the river Suir. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lismore, value with Ardfinnan, £188, in the patronage of the bishop. The church has long been in ruins. It is united to Ardfinnan in the Roman Catholic arrangement. There is a school. The remains of an old castle and several raths and earthworks are to be traced."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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