KILLODIERNAN

In 1868, the parish of Killodiernan contained the following places:

"KILLODIERNAN, a parish in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 7 miles W. S.W. of Borrisokane. Nenagh is its post town. The parish is 3 miles long and a little over 2 broad, and contains the village of Puckane. The surface lies on the E. side of Lough Derg, and consists generally of a fair soil. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Killaloe, value 203, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built by the late Board of First Fruits in 1811. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Montsea. There are four hedge-schools. Blackfort is the principal residence. There are ruins of a castle near the Shannon."

"PUCKAUN, a post-office village in the parish of Killodiernan, in the barony of Lower Ormond, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles N.W. of Nenagh. It stands at the head of Lough Derg, and contains a police station and a Roman Catholic chapel."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018