TI I' 



'I I P 



and Cuhir. to the junclior 

 in along th 



after 



' 



Urge, and arc 



urn! .urn: 



Its course in ' 



mall. On the 

 Golden Bridge ; 

 Aherlow, between tin 

 the Tar, which drain* ' 

 KIIU) knock 



11. The 

 county, on the 

 lamk, belongs to the 1. Two i' 



> border. 1;> !ow Carrick. The Suir is navigable by 

 Urge barges up to Clonmcll. 



That part of the county which lies north-west from the 

 central chain of mountains (the Keeper. Dilboa, and 



of the Shannon. The 



Shannon r 



s.!>irt the norlh-wastcrn bord 



ible throughout. Tin. 



!<>n, 



cipal arc th< 

 and I 



which it flows, 

 for al 



.-. liich flow 1'rom the 

 tral c : 



n are navigable : the prin- 



-hc town of Xciiasih. 



'.hi- 1101 th- 



and unites with the Shannon at the north- 



Tnere sre TIO lakes in this county ; hut Lough Berg is on 



re are no navigable canals. The road from 



. !e of the comity, 



jc* through Clonmell a: n. Another road 



i 'oik by Athy 



.;! from Dublin through Kildare and Mary- 



mtVj to l.imcri. the nortli- 



:ra, and Nenagh: an- 



.:\ through Tullamore andParsonstown 



(both in ith the foregoing at 



in Limcric' 



county on the k-on-Suir, and ; 



through Clonmcll, Cahir, and Tipperary. There are roads 

 from ' 'l.iTimcli ' -id to Cahir, and from Tip; 



.ds of less importance, win- 

 >:i. In the evidence taken befoie the 

 1S30, vol. xxxiii.j, 



Is in tli, . Middlethird which, as compre- 



part of the mountainous country (including Siicvh- 



valley or plain bet ween t!. 

 > m mountains, may be taken to rep 

 vge arc described as good and sufficiently 



tjllitrr ''-. The in- 



1 from 



H-ndix licport 



\xiii.), has lefricnce to the 

 id, from which aln- s were 



d ; but it m . in a great 



i ble to the rest of the county. 



and m Hie barony was estimated in the county 

 iit was old, and regarded :LS 

 .; plantation acres : the plantation or 

 ;iii Kuglisl re and 



to la. -Jr. ll,-!,p. The land was 

 held an follow*: 



70 persons held above 100 acres. 



I! ' 



Ill- 

 UK 



na- 



tr; 



' 

 do; 



31 



idr 



B61 



759 

 746 

 IOM 



20 



The soil of the bai 

 at urn 



'age or pasture 

 mon any 



acres in cenlli 

 I or GOO acrcK of 



m 80 to 100. 

 &0 to HO. 

 20 to 60. 

 10 to 20. 

 R to 10. 

 1 to 6. 

 leas than 1 acre. 



>ny is chiefly a rich loam of some 



ally adapted 

 no pnbh 



hi" 



e: here are < 



, and (bat in the nortl 

 irony: in the southern part the wanl of 



imlerof the barony, alter 



triflmir deductions, one-third or one-fourth is pn 

 land, nnd the rest in tillage. Grazinfr-fnrnu are chief! . 



pasture having 



illv hound 



than in uthen. 

 Kent* liave been decreasing : it was that th 



.. 



but the prantinp i . troiiii^ i: nd fan 



of which the leases hail fallen in during the 



years v 



term of fa;- years, or tl, 



tagc and glebe lands an comim-'; 



Since the subletting act, it i i!to"grant1eae 



:mts in common; si;< 



OUF; tliey had prevented draining and inclosing, and other 

 improvement*. About one-fourth of the barony was at \!;.- 

 time of the inquiry held under iniddh - 

 is going into disuse ; ain 1 :ot usually 



-tand- 



iug that the le- iblet. There lia* l)een a 



disposition in the landowners to consolidate small . 



but whc> ive tnkn place lliey have 



been resisted by the peasantry,: 



and outrages committed upon those who s--.ceecd to the 

 occupation of the vacated land : considerable difficult 

 thus been placed in the way of consolidation. 



The average rent of Inml is not iriven : the competition 



all holdings is howi \ ' that whe:; 



occurs men will bid more than will allow them to make a 



from the land : and in most cases t 



tenant cannot obtain nion Tile 



rent of these small holdings is gcr 

 This competition for land lias In c:i a fruit fi .1 

 crime. Good land may probably be worth from -/. l(l\. to 

 U'. per acre ; but when let as cu. 

 rent, which is usually paid in rm< 



id to his own labourers. T);ury-laml is wort! 

 an acre more than tillage-land, and grazing-land 

 more valuable. 



The usual rotation of crops is threefold ; potat' 

 and oats form tli nl if the land will bear it. t 



A!. The potatoes are manured chiefly with 

 manure.,' which sells in the towns for 2v. a; 

 cwt. The farm i lly the smaller < 



little stock ; and stall-feeding for the pur 

 manui 



and lioer-caith are carried to the dune-yard to ; 

 down. .'.ut of the lain 



expedients are resorted to in order to pioc 

 potatoes trrown both by 11 

 cominonly the white potatoes, becau- 



miality. thi 1) and on i ' land. 



Potat i 



practi ,ii>j them in by the plough i.\ 



more common : fi 

 a- nrich to give 

 ol the potato crop as 



ally manured with lime, winch is bur: 

 small-coal from the collieries in ' 



Wheat i.i more commonly crown alter potatoes 



Billow: the seed is ge.ncra 

 serve it from smut ; and the crop win 



1 once, and rolled. Many d tin- 

 break the lumps with a wooden mallet. iV 

 i* of the first (junlity : n good deal is threshed out by the 

 small farmers immediately after bar 

 or other debts : the large farmers do i 

 fore November. 



The cultivation of clover, rye-frrM*. an 

 much increased of late years : er turnips nor 



Alter the common rotation < 



" best lands three or four 

 times, the grouivl is ].-f to ^rass for six 



