Hide

Dunmoylan

hide
Hide

DUNMOYLAN, a parish, in the Shanid Division of the barony of Lower-Connello, county of Limerick, and province of Munster, 11/2 mile (S.) from Shanagolden, on the road to Newcastle; containing 1704 inhabitants. It comprises 1774 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act. The land is in general good, but for want of drainage is much damaged by surface water; the system of agriculture is in a backward state.

It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Limerick, forming part of the union of Castlerobert, or Robertstown; the rectory is impropriate in the Earl of Cork. The tithes amount to £235, of which two-thirds are payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Kilcoleman. There are three private schools, in which about 50 children are educated. Near the ruins of the old church is the doon, or fort, whence it derives its name.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

Hide
topup

Churches

topup

Description & Travel

You can see pictures of Dunmoylan which are provided by:

topup

Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

topup

Historical Geography

The civil parish of Dunmoylan contained the townlands of:
topup

Land & Property

Tithe Applotment Books for county Limerick and its  parishes are available online on the National Archives of Ireland website

The entry for Dunmoylan from Griffiths Valuation 1847/64

topup

Maps

You can see maps centred on OSI grid reference R2591442898 (Lat/Lon: 52.53281, -9.092456), Dunmoylan which are provided by: