Bansha, Tipperary - Book of County Tipperary, 1889
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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.
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Population 416 in 1881.—Trout-fishing.
Bansha, in the parish of same name, barony of Clanwilliam, is a station on the Waterford and Limerick Railway, 4¾ miles, English, south-east of Tipperary, and 19¾ miles from Clonmel. The village is situated in the valley of the Ara. Beautiful mountain scenery, enhanced by plantations, and an excellent river for pink trout, are features. The land of the district is good for grazing. Oats and potatoes are the principal crops. A favorable opportunity is afforded here for the resuscitation of a woollen enterprise, which failed in 1888. In the demesne of a castellated house, occupied by Mrs. Warde, there is an old wall, with arched doorway, supposed to be the remains of the ancient castle of Bansha. It stands close to the public road, and is thickly covered with ivy. Skeletons of the moose deer were found in the parish about 60 years ago. The Protestant and Catholic churches stand next to each other in the village. The former has a fine tower and spire, added to the old edifice in 1813, and the latter in the Gothic style, was remodeled in 1887, at a cost of over £1,000.
Catholic Ch.: Rev. Ml. Harty, P.P.; Rev. Jno. Kelly, C.C.; Rev. M. O’Connell, C.C.
Church of Id.: Rev. Jno. Lowe
Dispensary: Dr. Denis Hogan
Grocers marked thus [*J sell spirits; thus [†] hardware; thus [‡] seeds; thus [c] coal; thus [t] timber; thus [d] drapers; thus [b] are bakers. Matt Couming*; J. Cullinan*cb; Denis Donovan c; Ml. Doyle*; Mrs. Bt. Dwyer c; J. Hogan†dcbt; Jas. Moroney,*†; Pat O’Connell†cb; John O’Neill*; Michael O’Neill *; Edmond Ryan*; Mrs. Catherine Ryan*d
National League: Rd. Burke, sec
Newsagent: Jas. Moroney
Petty Sessions: First Monday every month, J. O’Grady England, clerk
Post M.: Jas. Moroney
Provisions: Denis Donovan
Railway: Ml. Fitzgerald, S.M.
Relieving O.: E. Dwyer
R.I.C.: Sergt. Jas. Griffin
School Nl.: Dd. Dee; Mrs. M. A. O’Neill.
Victualler: Ml. Ryan
FARMERS AND RESIDENTS.
Baker, Wm., Ballydavid
Bourke, Bernard, Ardane
Bourkc, John, Lisnagaul
Bourke, Nathaniel, Clashaquirke
Bourke, Richard, Rossadrehid
Bourke, Thomas, Booleen
Brein, Michael, Ballyvirane
Brett, Mrs. A., C’uniacke
Bunbury, Ralph, Grallagh
Burns, Michael, Lisnagaul
Butler, John, Dromline
Butler, John, B’glasheen
Butler, J. J., B’glasheen
Butler, Mrs. B., B’glasheen
Butler, Mrs. M., B’glasheen
Byron, Ptk., Dromomorka C
Connell, Mort., Raheen
Connell, Richard, Templenahurney
Connors, John, Barnlough
Crowe, Timothy, Fihertagh
Dawson, Jer., Ballyvirane
Doherty, John, Ashgrove
Dwyer, Denis, Rathdermot
Dwyer; Edm., Barnlough
Dwyer, John, Ballagh
Dwyer, Mrs. A., B’lough
Dwyer, Mrs. M. D’line
Dwyer, Wm., Booleen
Dwyer, Wm., Ballinlough W
Fahy, Jno., Tankerstown
Fanning, Wm, Templenahurney
Fennelly, Rd., Barnlough
Fogarty, J. P., Barnlough
Grogan, James, Ardane
Grogan, John, jun., Foxfort
Grogan, John, Coolgort
Grogan, Ml., Foxfort
Grogan, Ptk, Ballyvirane
Grogan, Wm., Ashgrove
Hogan, John, Lisnagaul
Keane, Maurice, Ballyvirane
Keating, Edm., Cloghernagh
Keating, Jas., The Moat
Keating, Jas., The Bridge
Keating, Wm., Carriganagh
Kinnane, Edm., Ballyviggane
Lacy, Mrs. Mt., Foxforth
Lewiss, Michael, Knockacurra
Low, Francis W., Kilshane Ho
McCarthy, James, Barnlough
Maher, Michael, Foxfort
Mullally, James, Lisnagaul
Mullally, Lce., Drumline
Murphy, Wm., Templenahurney
O’Neill, Redm., Dromomarka
Phelan, Ptk., Barnlough
Phelan, Thos., Tankerstown
Power, L., jun., T’nahurney
Quirke, Edmond, Ashgrove
Quirk, John, Coologue
Quirk, Mrs. C., R’drehid
Quirk, Mrs. H., R’drehid
Quirk, Rd., Clashoquirke
Roche, Thomas, Fihertagh
Ryan, Edw., Carriganagh
Ryan, James, Ballinlough
Ryan, John, Ballyvirane
Ryan, John, Carriganagh
Ryan, Lce., Dromomarka
Ryan, Thos., Carriganagh
Smithwick, John, Lisheen
Tobin, Mrs. M., B’bog
Tobin, Rd., T’nahurney
Tobin, Wm., T’nahurney
Ward, Mrs., Bansha Castle
White, John, Dromomarka
White, Wm., Dromomarka
Williams. Geo., Foxfort
Woods, Denis, Dromline