T I P 



490 



I 1 1 



,\ e mansion. formerly I brewr; ,-arly fnirs arc I. con- 



afHMnt .of the 



, hbishop i 



the other of the 



.,iue, a good in lor in- 



fantry. * ' well. 



and a "i "" 



town : the :i monthly 



::\ in the t; 

 .ilile"; the'whcat sold in the year increased from 



in l*2i > to rio.iim in 1835; and i 

 . f,. im '.Mint ha. I 1,000 in Is3r> : that 



of oats had continued stationary at from :iOOO to HXK) bar- 

 rels. Some brcv 

 bytl, 

 including .'-ms of tb. 



, '1 of ('<> irirls. and a 



hool of 120 t:iil-. Kept by the nuns of the Ursuline 

 -chool with an" "endance of 200 



'ion of the Helicons Brothers; and a 

 : under the superintendence of the curate 

 : church and some of the parishioners, with nearly 

 40 children. 



Tipperary is in the barony of Clamvilliam, 110 miles 

 i -west of Dublin, and 23 miles west-north-west ofrl.in- 

 mell. A monastery for Eremites of the rule of St. AM. 

 iiinded here in the rei^n of Henry III. In th. 

 Hvard III. \.i>. 132:1 the town "was burned by the 

 ' ;en (VBii nier impoitanc. 



en name to the county, and by 

 n antiently incorporated ; but it 



no longer the same relative importance, and the 



corporation has Ion. .111 is 



chiefly in the parish of Tippemrv. but t tho-e 



"rdangan and Kilshane : it hail, in 1H31, 

 inhabited by 12SI families ; 3(i houses uninhabited and IS 

 building; with a population of 0072: the whole parish of 

 Tipperary had 1113 houses, inhabited by 137!) Jamil'.. 

 houses uninhabited, and 1G building ; with a population of 

 7'JiXi. 



The town of Tipperary stands near the little river 

 which flows into the Suir, and consists of one principal street, 

 from which smaller streets branch oft' at n 

 .al of the houses are well built, and of b;,; 

 pearance : many old buildings have been taken down and 

 :1 m their place, so that the town has a neat 

 . The inhabitants are supplied 

 with water from a public fountain. The church is a i; 



;.nd there is a Roman ( 'atholic chapel. Then- are 

 :ins of the Augustinian monastery, chief! 

 an arehii. in front of the buildil 



cupicd by Erasmus Smith's classical school, which has 

 obtained "from this circumstance the popular designation 

 of 'the abbey school.' The principal trade is in bir 

 which a large quantity is sent to Limerick and to Water- 

 ford for exportation. There are two weekly i;; 

 which tlu-ie a.e a in at market-house with a 

 o\er it, in the cciihe of the town, and shambles and four 

 yearly fairs. Ti -mall : but it had in 



; the tin years from lK2(>to 1KT>, from U2r> t.) 

 ;liat of oaU had increased from 77<)S to 

 Ill.tiT ile of barley had declined from 



(11(1 to 250 1m; ny. u fever hos- 



pital, a temporary barrack, and a small bridewell : a por- 

 tion 'ationed here. There 

 were in Tippcrarv paiish, according to the return M. 

 parliament m 1K3T), nineteen schools of all kinds, iucludiu_r 

 a classical boarding-school on Iva-mus Smith's Inundation 



Abbey School i, with about 30 se : 

 on the same foundation with about ,'t-l childi, 

 girl*, and national scho> 

 each by about 1 10 <;c] olan. Kil-hane parish had no 

 and CurdanKan on! . hool, with 21 scholai-s 



in winter ana about , 



Burri-o'-La;: isillegli, is in the pari 



keen, in t .1. !i-j miles sou' 



ablin. It bail, in Iv .nhabiled i 



iMinilie., J 1 building, with a po- 



pulation of 13O1. The parish church and the H 

 Catiiolio chapel am botU in llio town. There is a small 



' > 'JJl cbiUlren : 



-..lib i! children, partly supported by private < 

 trilnit.. 



Uunis-u'-Kane, or Bnriis-o'-Kean, or Burros-n'-Ki-ai 

 in the : "iml, !M 111 



of Dublin. The town had, in 1KS1. JHi houses, inha 

 liv 217 uninhabited and 1 I uiKlinc ; 



w'ith a 



inhabi . nninhabi' 



buildi: population of 2634. 



much improved i 

 built. a Human ' 



chape!. 'lie jiRiish chn 



y and l'i-\ 



!i-d Tumb. 



LT. There were in the jiarish. by the retu,- 

 six schools, including Hire, 



childi. led with tin- Bapti- 1 : an- 



other with :t boys, in connection with the l di.-- 



COuntenancine Vice ; nd a third, with an attendance in 

 sunmu Is, supported by prival ,,:!ion. 



in Hie parish of Modereny, in the barony 

 of Lower Ormond, nearl\ '.Ki mill s west-soutli-wi 

 Dublin. It had, in 1S31, 12!) M I 



families. 6 houses uninhabited and 3 building, with a po- 

 pulation of S24. There are a district, church of the 

 blishmcnt. of lit;ht and elegant nn-hitecture, built A.D. 



and niec 1 . '. 3 i'or Bapt . and 



l'iimiti\e Methi . a dispensary and fev, ; 



jiital. There i- .able di-tiller\. Tb 



irty for the relief snd diminution of 

 pauperism, called ' the deacons' poor fund,' exists in this 

 and the adjacent parishes. There were no schools i 

 district pari.-h of (.'loubjordan in ls:T): but in the whole 

 of Modereny pnrish there were the day-schools, including 

 twu parochial schools, one with about 50 Inn 

 other with about CO L e were also tliree Sunday- 



schools for reliici. 'ion. 



(loldcii is in the jiarish of Kclickmurry. or llelifrmurrj-, 

 in the barony of ( 'lanwilliam, about. 102 mil. 

 Dublin, between Cashel and Tipper e. in 



i.i the town. 101 houses inhabited by It 1 "' 

 1 houses uninhabited, and 5 buildiiiir : with "a popula: 

 (iS-l. It is a neat and improving place, situated in 'the 

 (iolilcn Vale.' one of the most ferl ts of the county, 



and is divided into tv. the river Suir, over which 



is a stone bridge. It ha^thc mills of an old castle; and in 

 the neighbourhood :ue the remains of Athassd Auinistinian 

 Abbey, originally one of the most splendid eci 

 structures in th. i : the ruins ai. and 



worth} of notice. The pari.-h church and a Roman Catholic 

 chapel are. in the town. There are flour and oatmeal 

 mills; and four held yearly. There is :i 



tin- conn' , ..!ai} Hie ) 



here. The united parishes of Helii knuiny and Atl 

 had, in 1S3.~>. six day- le, with 00 children, partly 



suppoil .'hew. 



Littleton is in the ) .rislcidl. in the barony of 



:,ty, !X> miles S.\V. of Dublin. It contained, in 

 II houses inhabited 1 > uninhabited, 



and 1 building; \\itli a jmpulation of 2K5. It i-. a place 

 quite ol modem origin, cliii fly erected by the late 1'ev. 

 Tliomas Grady. The parish-cnurch, a handsume building, 

 is in the town ; and there . iMteiisai} : a 1 



iinfy constabulary a. cd hue. "'i 



in lKi."i, five da : one of them was the parish- 



sehool with about M child; held 



in a school-room creeled bv subscription, 



. Birmingham is in "K 



-.arda^li. !15 mi 



. 



i'or two weekly m - but these 



nlrmicd, and the pi: .paralively 



. d. There are a Human ( 'alholic chapi I and a small 



i. There were, in 1 s .i...bitcil by (J2 



families, and 1 IIOUMI uninhabited : with a population 



