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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Newtown Lennan contained the following places:"NEWTOWN-LENNAN, a parish in the baronies of Slieveardagh and East Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles N. of Carrick on Suir, its post town. It is 4½ miles long by 2 broad. The parish is bounded on one side by the river Lennan. The surface is hilly but fertile. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lismore, value with Clonegane, £562, in the patronage of the crown. There is a Roman Catholic chapel; also two day schools. Cregg House and Knockroe House are the chief seats. Slate and lime are worked."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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