Lorrha, Roscrea - Book of County Tipperary, 1889
About “The Book of County Tipperary,” 1889
George Henry Bassett produced 7 Irish county directories in the 1880s: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Kilkenny, Louth, Tipperary and Wexford. Each provides useful history of the respective counties as well as lists of office holders, farmers, traders, and other residents of the individual cities, towns and villages.
The directories are naturally an invaluable resource for those tracing family history. The Book of County Tipperary is the first of these to be made available on libraryireland.com, with its own search page. However, there are a few points to bear in mind.
- This online version is designed primarily as a genealogical research tool and therefore the numerous advertisements in the original book, many full page, and quite a few illustrated, have been excluded.
- The text has been proofed with due care, but with large bodies of text typographical errors are inevitably bound to occur.
- Be aware that there were often inconsistencies in spelling surnames in the 19th century and also that many forenames are abbreviated in Bassett’s directories.
With respect to the last point, surnames which today begin with the “Mc” prefix, for example, were often formerly spelt as “M‘,”. For a list of some of the more common forename abbreviations used in the directory, see Forename Abbreviations.
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Population 140 in 1881.
Lorrha, in the parish of same name, barony of Lower Ormond, is 6 miles, Irish, north of Borrisokane. Lorrha became famous at a very early period through the foundation here of an Abbey by St. Rouadan, who died in 584. It continued to exist until the dissolution, but had been three times destroyed by fire and rebuilt. A Dominican abbey was founded at Lorrha by Walter de Burg, Earl of Ulster, in 1269. This was so well preserved in 1688 that a chapter of the order held in it was attended by 150 friars. There are extensive remains of the abbeys.
Catholic Ch.: Rev. Rody Kennedy, P.P.; Rev. Ptk. O’Meara, C.C.; Rev. Jno. Garry, C.C.
Church of Id.: Rev. R. H. Fawcett
Grocers & Spirits: Jno. Flannery, Miss E. Mahon
Loan Fund: Jos. Slattery, M.C.
Petty Sessions, 4th Thursday every month, Jos. Slattery, clerk
Post M.: W. S. Raymond
R.I.C.: Jas. Lord, sergt
Schools, Nl.: Felix Cronin; Parochial, Miss E. Hughes
FARMERS AND RESIDENTS
Carroll, James, Annagh
Costello, Thomas, Redwood
Crawley, Wm., Lord’s Park
Dagg, Thomas, Drummond
Darcy, John, Lissernane
Donohoe, Michael, Ballincor
Doughan, Patrick, Lissernane
Duffy, John, Graigue
Hoctor, John, Ballymacegan
Hoctor, John, Redwood
Hough, John, Ballymacegan
Keeffe, Edward, Sharragh
Kennedy, John, Redwood
Kennedy, Michael, Redwood
Kennedy, Jno., jun., Ballymacegan
Kennedy, Patrick, Curraghglass
Kennedy, Thomas, Redwood
Kennedy, Wm., Curraghglass
Kenny, Thomas, Kilcarron
Laing, George, Annagh
Laing, James, Annagh
Loughnane, Daniel, Ballymacegan
Lambe, Jeremiah, Redwood
McDowell, John, Abbeyville
Meara, John, Curraghglass
Meara, Michael, Curraghglass
Murphy, Denis, Redwood
Neill, Daniel, Ballymacegan
O’Brien, William, Tinnakilly
O’Meara, John (J.P.). Somerset Ho
Reddin, Patrick, Cullagh
Salmon, Edw., Ballymacegan
Sherlock, John, Curraghduff
Walshe, Michael, Ballymacegan
Walshe, William, Ballymacegan
Wilson. James, Ballymacegan