KILLALOAN

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

"KILLALOAN, (or Killoloan), a parish partly in the barony of East Iffa and Offa, county Tipperary, and partly in that of Upperthird, county Waterford, province of Munster, Ireland, 3 miles E. of Clonmel, its post town. The parish is 4½ miles long by 2 broad. It consists of a fertile part of the valley of the river Suir. It is mountainous in the Waterford division. The interior is traversed by the road from Waterford to Clonmel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lismore, value £46, in the patronage of the crown. The church was erected in 1827 by the late Board of First Fruits. There are three day schools, one of which was founded by the National Board. Newtown Nenner is the principal residence. In this parish are the ruins of Darintar Castle, also some Druidical remains.

"KILLOLOAN, a parish, partly in the barony of UPPERTHIRD, county of WATERFORD, and partly in that of IFFA and OFFA-EAST, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2¾ miles (E. N.E) from Clonmel, on the road from that place to Waterford; containing 1150 inhabitants. The land is well cultivated, and there is abundance of good limestone. The river Suir, which flows through part of the parish, is navigable for small vessels. Here is Cottage, the residence of T. Ryan, Esq. It is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, forming part of the union of Kilcash: the rectory is impropriate in Viscount Lismore: the tithes amount to £102. 9, 2., of which £66. 12. 3. is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar. The church is a modern building. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Kilgrant. About 210 children are educated in two public schools, one of which is supported by Lady Osborne, and about 20 in a private school. At Gurteen are some druidical remains; and in the Waterford part of the parish are the ivy-clad ruins of Darinlar castle, of which only the keep and some vaults remain."

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