St. John baptist

GRANGE-ST-JOHN-BAPTIST, a parish, in the barony of Middlethird, county of Tipperary, and province of Munster, 2 miles (S. E.) from Fethard, on the road to Clonmel; containing 771 inhabitants. It comprises about 2754 statute acres and is well cultivated.The principal seats are Clonacody, that of E. Kellett, Esq.; and Lakefield, of W. Pennefather, Esq.; both handsome residences. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, forming part of the union of Cahir; the rectory is impropriate in the representatives of W.Netterville, Esq. The tithes amount to £160, of which £100 is payable to the impropriators and £60 to the vicar. (from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.)

"GRANGE OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST, a parish in the barony of Middlethird, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles S. of Fethard. The land is very good, and the parish is traversed by the road from Fethard to Clonmel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value with Cahir, £321, in the patronage of the crown." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868] by Colin Hinson ©2018