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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Tullaghorton contained the following places:"TULLAGHORTON, a parish in the barony of West Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland. Clogheen is its post town. The parish is crossed by the road from Clonmel to Cork, and by the river Tar. It contains Clogheen and part of the Knockmealdown mountains, one spur of which, called the Sugar Loaf, rising to the height of 2,144 feet. Limestone is quarried, and lead and silver ore have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and two private schools. The chief residences are Parson's Green and Ballyboy. The ruins of Castle Grace and Ballyboy Castle, formerly the property of the Desmonds, are in this parish."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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