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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of St Johnstown contained the following places:"ST. JOHNSTOWN, (or Scaddanstown), a parish in the barony of Middlethird, county Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Killenaule. Knocktopher is its post town. It is 2 miles long by 1½ mile broad. The parish, which is traversed by the Killenaule and Fethard road, consists of a fair soil, and lies partly within the celebrated vale of St. Johnstown. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Cashel, value with Killenaule, £817, in the patronage of the bishop. There are a parish school and two or three private schools.
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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