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Newport is in Kilvolane, or Killevolane, parish, in the 

 barony of Owney and Arra, 109 miles S.W. of Dublin, on 

 the road to Limerick. It had, in 1831, 127 houses inha- 

 bited by 162 families, 24 houses uninhabited, and 12 

 building ; with a population of 852. The houses are for 

 the most part neatly built. The parish-church is in the 

 town ; and there are a Roman Catholic chapel, a bride- 

 well, a dispensary, and infantry barracks. There are four 

 yearly fairs, one of them a large cattle-fair. 



Ballina is in Templeichally, Temple Ichally, or Temple- 

 kelly parish, in the barony of Owney and Arra, on the 

 bank of the Shannon, near where it leaves Lough Derg, 

 opposite Killaloe. This village is connected with Killaloe, 

 of which it may be considered as a suburb, by a bridge of 

 nineteen arches over the Shannon. The population of the 

 village, in 1831, was 832. There is a Roman Catholic 

 cliapel ; and a body of the county constabulary are posted 

 here. There is a yearly fair for pigs. Near the bridge 

 are the remains of a castle erected to defend the passage 

 of the river. 



Emly is in the barony of Clanwilliam, near the western 

 border of the county, about 9 miles west of Tipperary. 

 It is of great antiquity. An abbey of regular canons of 

 St. Augustin was early founded here ; and the town sub- 

 sequently became the seat of a bishop's see. Some 

 of the prelates appear to have exercised temporal power 

 as well as spiritual ; and one of them in particular, in 

 the ninth century, distinguished himself as a warrior 

 against the Danes. King John granted to the town the 

 privilege of holding markets and fairs; but the privilege 

 of a market, if ever used, is now disused. The diocese was 

 united to that of Cashel A.D. 15C8, and the removal of its 

 episcopal seat caused the decline of the place. It had, in 

 1H31, a population of 701. A body of the county consta- 

 bulary are posted here ; and there are two yearly fairs. 

 The parish church is in the village, and there is a 

 Roman Catholic chapel. There are the ruins of a church 

 and a large stone cross. Some antiquities have been 

 dug up in the neighbourhood. 



Mullinahone is in Kilvemnon parish, in the barony of 

 Slievardagh, on the road between Callen and Fethard ; 

 it is also between Carrick-on-Suir and the Killenaule 

 coal-district, so that it is a common resting-place for 

 the car-drivers in their way from Carrick. A consider- 

 able quantity of butter is sold here in a weekly market 

 (though the '^Aave ranks only as a village), held on Thurs- 

 day, and Bent to Kilkenny, Clonmell, or Carrick. There 

 are several well-attended yearly fairs for cattle and 

 pigs, and a body of the county constabulary are posted 

 lere. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a dis- 

 ry. The population of the village, in 1831, was 

 1 17r>. 



Silvermines is in the parish of Kilmore and the barony 

 of Upper Ormond, about 5 or 6 miles south of Nenagh. 

 It is at the foot of the north-western slope of the cen- 

 tral hills, and takes its name from the lead-mines for- 

 merly worked, the produce of wfiich yielded an unusual 

 quantity of silver. The population, in 1831, was 791. 

 Some of the houses are neatly built : the parish church 

 and a Roman Catholic chapel are in the village, and there 

 is a dispensary. There are four yearly fairs. 



Toomavara, or Toomavarra, is in the parish of Aghna- 

 meadle, in the barony of Upper Ormond, between Nenacrh 

 and Burris-o'-Leagh ; it had, in 183), a population of 790 : 

 are a Roman Catholic chapel, a national school, and 

 a dispensary in the village. There are at least two yearly 

 fairs, and a body of the county constabulary are posted 

 here. 



Divisions for Eccleticutical and Legal Purposes. This 

 county was formed at what is commonly deemed to be 

 the first establishment of counties in Ireland, by King 

 John, A.n. 1210; though Sir James Ware has shown that 

 counties or some equivalent divisions must have existed 

 before that time. The county was subsequently enlargeq* 

 by the annexation of what, was called ' Cross-Tipperarv ,' :i 

 district having a sheriff and other officers distinct from the 

 y. Antient records speak of the ' Vice-Comes 

 Crorcao Tippcrjiry.' 



It contains the whole or part of a hundred and sixty- 

 three parishes. (Pop. Returns for 1831.) These p:u 

 ituti; or are comprehended in one hundred and 

 unions or other ecclesiastical benefices, in several dioceses, 

 08 follows : 



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Diocese. 



Cashel 

 Emly . 

 Killaloe 

 Lismore 



Meath 



Total Number 



of 

 Beuetires. 



49 



9 



28 

 22 



1 



10D 



Rectories 

 and 



' 39 *"" 



7 



24 



20 



1 



91 



Perpetual 

 Curi-s. 



2 

 1 

 2 



Cures. 



6 



P.irisltes 



e \virtiout 



cure of souls. 



2 



1 



2 



1 



Cashel was an archbishopric, having in its province the 

 united dioceses of Cashel and Emly, the diocese of Cloyne, 

 the united dioceses of Cork and Ross, of Killaloe and 

 Kilfenora, of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe (which 

 last two were incorporated), and of Waterford and Lis- 

 more. By the Act 3 and 4 William IV., c. 37, a further 

 union of the dioceses of Cashel and Emly with Waterford 

 and Lismore was enacted, to take place on the next avoid- 

 ance ; and this union has now been effected. The greater 

 part of the county is in this united diocese. The same 

 Act deprived Cashel of its archiepiscopal rank, on the de- 

 cease of the then existing holder of the see, and added the 

 province to that of Dublin : this change has been effected. 

 The only part of the county in the diocese of Meath is the 

 parish of Eglish, which is partly in this county and partly 

 in King's County, and is comprehended in the ecclesiastical 

 union of Fircal. The diocese of Meath is in the ecclesias- 

 tical province of Armagh ; but with the exception of the 

 small part included in that diocese, the rest of the county 

 is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. 



In the Roman Catholic church the archbishop of Cashel 

 retains his dignity, and is primate of Munster. His cathe- 

 dral is at Thurles. His province includes the united dio- 

 ceses of Cashel and Emly, of Cloyne and Ross, and of 

 Waterford and Lismore, and the dioceses of Cork, Kerry, 

 Killaloe, and Limerick. In which of these dioceses the 

 county is included we have no means of ascertaining ex- 

 actly ; but the greater part, if not the whole, is included 

 in those of Cashel and Emly, Killaloe, and Waterford and 

 Lismore. 



The county is included in the Leinster circuit ; the 

 assizes are held at Clonmell : the county-gaols are at Clon- 

 mell and Nenagh, the latter very lately erected; and 

 there are bridewells at Cahir, Clogheen, Tipperary, Cashel, 

 New Birmingham, Thurles, Templemore, Roscrea, Nenagh 

 (we are not sure if this is continued since the completion 

 of the county-gaol), Burris-o'-Kane, Newport, and Carrick- 

 on-Suir. The county-gaol at Clonmell comprehends a 

 gaol, house of correction, and sheriffs'-prison : the house 

 of correction is under very good management ; the silent 

 system of prison discipline is acted upon, the prison not 

 being adapted for the introduction of the separate system. 

 Considerable improvements had been made in the sheriffs'- 

 prison according to the ' Nineteenth Report of the Prison 

 Inspectors ' (1841), the last we have seen ; but a complete 

 system of discipline could not be introduced until the re- 

 moval of part of the prisoners to Nenagh gaol, which was 

 not then completed. The bridewells are many of them in 

 a bad state ; those of Cahir, Cashel, and Templemore are 

 miserably dilapidated, and that at Cahir very badly ma- 

 naged ; those of New Birmingham, Burris-o'-Kane, and 

 Tipperary, insecure and altogether insufficient: Carrick 

 bridewell, though new, is badly finished and ill-managed 

 by the keeper ; and that at Clogheen, though in tolerable 

 good order, falls very far short of the well-regulated bride- 

 wells of other counties : those of Newport, Nenagh, Roscrea, 

 and Thurles (the last a large prison) are in good order. 

 (Inspectors' Report, 1841.) It is stated in a note to that 

 Report, that great improvement has been made in seve- 

 ral of these prisons since the inspectors' visit. 



The number of criminal offenders committed for trial in 

 1839 was 2110, being greater than in any county of 

 Ireland, except the metropolitan county (including the 

 city) of Dublin ; and more than twice as great as in any 

 other county, except only Cork (including the city of 

 Cork) ; Gahvay (including the town of Galway) ; Limerick 

 (including the city of Limerick), and Kerry ; and of these 

 the only one which approached it was Cork (1932 com- 

 mittals), which had more than twice the population ; the 

 others barely exceed half the number in Tipperary, though 

 Gahvay rather exceeds it in population ; Limerick has 

 about three-fourths of the population of Tipperary, and 

 Kerry nearly two-thirds. So far therefore as the number 

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