Parish Profile
The new Irelandxo.com website will be launched in March and we are now updating all Parish Profiles on the site.
We know that you have been waiting for this website for a long time and we very much appreciate your work and patience over the past number of years. Ireland Reaching Out is a success because of the commitment you have shown to this programme and we look forward to finally delivering a website that reflects your hard work.
The questions in this form are designed to gather information about your Parish that will then be used to create its online profile on the new Irelandxo.com website.
The new website features a much more dynamic space for showcasing your Parish. Information that is currently on the site will not be lost, but because the Parish Profile is much more interactive than before, we would like you to complete this form so that your community is spotlighted in the best way possible for visitors to Irelandxo.com.
Your efforts will make a real difference in connecting Diaspora to your Parish and provide the platform from which to engage with all community members, both local and global.
Please take some time to complete this form with as much relevant content as possible. To submit your Profile, simply fill in the information about your Parish in the blank boxes below each question and at the end of the form, click "send form". Some of the questions, such as name and location, are compulsory while others are not. If a questions is not relevant to your Parish, please just leave it blank and move onto the next question.
Once we receive your completed form, your new Parish Profile will be uploaded directly onto the new site by the website administrators. The new site will be live in March and you will be able moderate your Parish's profile, directly on the site itself.
The deadline for submitting your completed Parish Profile is the Friday 13th February 2015. Any profiles received after this date may not be uploaded in time for the launch in March.
If you have any questions regarding how to fill out this form, please do not hesitate to contact me on 089 472 7860 or by sending an email to .
Best regards
Laura Colleran
Instructions for filling out this form
This form is sub-divided in to 8 sections
Section 1– Parish Liaison information This is for administrative purposes only and will help us to identify who is compiling this form and for what Parish. No information here will be visible on the website or shared with anyone other than the HQ Website Administration team.
Section 2– Parish Details This is information about the location and population of the Parish. This information will appear on the Parish Profile as part of its introduction.
Section 3– Parish Welcome Introduction to the Parish and the Local Ireland Reaching Out Team.
Section 4– Parish Background History of the Parish, folklore, townlands and annual events.
Section 5- Places of Interest Historical places of Interest. Other tourist attractions.
Section 6– Useful Local Information. Information that a visitor to the parish would find useful – Mass times, GAA clubs, tourist offices etc
Section 7– Heritage/Genealogical resources Facilities, documents and other resources that may be useful to people studying local heritage or conducting genealogical/reverse genealogical research.
Section 8– Photo Gallery Instructions for sourcing and gathering your photos that will appear on your parish profile pages.
The importance of original content!
All information on Ireland XO must be written specifically for this website. We can reference any material that we feel adds value to the site but we must make sure that it is rewritten and tailored to our audience. If we copy material that is present elsewhere on the internet we will be penalised by Google when our site is being ranked. We also risk infringing copyright laws by copying and pasting information without the owner’s permission. Please keep this in mind when preparing material for your Parish Profile.
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Section 1 - Parish Liaison Contact Details
For admin purposes only. These details will not be published on our site.
1.1 Name of Parish Liaison filling out this form
Thomas Joseph Hussey1.2 Email address of Parish Liaison filling out this form.*
Please use your assigned Irelandxo.com email address.
1.3 Contact phone number.*
0578622051Section 2 - Parish Details
This information will appear on the website as part of the Introduction to the Parish.
2.1 Name of your Parish*
We know that some parishes have many different names. In this case we ask that you use your best judgement in selecting the name that is most commonly used. This is often the parish name used by the GAA, but not always.
Ballylooby2.2 Choose the County your Parish is located in.*
If your parish straddles 2 counties, please name the one it is usually associated with
Tipperary2.3 Current Parish Population
2,1362.4 Past Parish Population
If available, please indicate a time in the Parish's history and what the population would have been at that time. Historical population counts can be researched online on sites such as
Year 1837 population 7733 (Tubbrid 4550, Tullaghorton 1965 & Whitechurch 1218 )2.5 Please enter your Parish's latitude and longitude coordinates*
Use discover precise latitude & longitude coordinates of your location and include these in your content. By moving the pin to a central location in your Parish the coordinates should appear below the map. This will allow us to draw up an actual interactive google map.
52.327N-7.983WSection 3 - Parish Welcome
3.1 Parish Introduction*
Approx 75/125 words. Please give a brief summary of your Parish here. You can include location (barony, county etc), size, and mention any landmarks it is famous for.
Ballylooby is situated on the R668 Road between Cahir and Clogheen. The parish stretches from the summit of the Galtee mountains in the north to the summit of the Knockmealdowns range in the South. It is located in the Barony of IFFAOFFAWest and belongs to the ClogheenUnion.
Ballylooby parish includes the ancient parishes of; Tubrid,Tullaghorton (Castlegrace) & Whitechurch .Tullaghorton parish includes a townland that was once the western side of Rochestown Parish and was connected to its parent parish by a river ford.
In 1829 the ChurchofJohntheBaptist was built at Duhill near it’s eighteen- century thatched predecessor.
The NedTobinmonument, located near the Church in Ballylooby, celebrates a local sporting hero. Ned Tobinwon36Nationaltitles (the second highest on record) and mostof the titles were for throwing the 56 pound hammer.
The Monument includes an extract from the novel Knocknagow byCharlesKickham. The scene in the book relates to a sledge throwing challenge between MattheTrasher (local) and Captain French (...... ). As Mat psyched himself up for the final throw of the sledge ‘someonestruck the big drum a single blow...... and turning around quickly the thatched roofs of the hamlet caught his eye and, strange to say, the old mud walls and thatched roofs roused him like nothing else could. His breast heavedas with glittering eyes and with a soft plaintive smile,he uttered the words ‘’Forthecreditofthelittlevillage’’...... The muscles inhis arms seemed to stand outlike cords of steelas he wheeled slowly round and shot the hammer through the air...... He watched its flighttillit fell beyond the best mark and even he himself started with astonishment. Then a shout of exultation burst from the excited throng’.
TUBRID has a cluster of ecclesiastical buildings, they include:
- Tubrid Mortuary Chapel built in 1644.It is the burial site of many Counter- reformation ecclestiastics including John Brennan Archbishop of Cashel, Eugene Duhy (O’Duffy) , and most notably Geoffrey Keating.
- SaintJohn’s, ProtestantChurch (roofless) is a much larger church that was completed c.1820 and functioned as a place of worship for the local Church of Ireland community until 1919 when it was abandoned. SaintJohn’s was developed a few years after the new OurLady and SaintCiaran’sChurch at Ballylooby.
4. There is a memorial stone commissioned by both denominations to DrValentineFlood who died of Typhus, contacted in the Tubrid‘fever sheds’ during the Great Famine.
5. St. Ciaran's Well
This holy well near the site, was in previous times a place of pilgrimage. StCiaranisrememberedinthenameofthepresent churchatBallylooby.
Duhill
Duhill church is dedicatedto St. John the Baptist, it has two stained glass windows by Harry Clarke: BeheadingofJohntheBaptistandVisionofBernadettatLourdes.Created in 1925, they are located in the sanctuary, to the left and right of the altar, and the former depictsSalome 'presenting' the head of JohntheBaptist to Herod.TheHolyFamily is a window executed by noted artist HubertMcGoldrick, and was also commissioned in 1925.
Local Ireland Reaching Out Team
3.2 Local Ireland Reaching Out Team
Approx 75 words. An introduction to the local Ireland Reaching Out Team and what their objectives are with regard to reconnecting Diaspora to the local Parish.
The aim is to reply promptly to any messages posted on the site. To search the available on- line records that may be relevant to the query and where possible, to trace any ancestors and establish any associations with the Parish.3.3a Ireland Reaching Out Team Member profile 1
Approx 100 words per person. This summary should introduce the individual team members : what they do as part of Ireland XO (Meet & Greet, Researcher etc), occupation and interests. Where possible, we would like to demonstrate where you have existing connections with your Diaspora. For example, do you have ancestors from the Parish and have you made connections with their descendants who are now living abroad.
Thomas Hussey was born and reared in Cahir and now lives in Portlaoise. I respond to messages posted on the Ballylooby Parish site. I check the various Genealogy databases to identify ancestors and try to establish if other descendents are still living in the area.We encourage everyone that has information relating to a message post to furnish their ownreplies on the site.
3.3b Ireland Reaching Out Team Member profile 2
Same as 3.3a above
3.3c Ireland Reaching Out Team Member profile 3
Same as 3.3a above
3.3d Ireland Reaching Out Team Member profile 4
Same as 3.3a above
Section 4 - Parish Background
Here you can give some general information about your parish - history, folklore and any local events for which it is well known.
4.1 History of the Parish*
Approx 300/400 words on HISTORY of the Parish. Topographical dictionary is a good reference point but must not be copied/pasted as this will be penalised by Google when ranking our site pages.
In response to the relaxation of the Penal Laws on the building of Prayer Houses and encouraged by the promise of Catholic Emancipation (1829) the rehabilitated church was seeking appropriate settlement foci for its fresh parochial structures. A total of 21 such ChapelVillages were identified in County Tipperary. They were focused on the ‘big chapels’of the hitherto peripatetic and territorially rootless church of the post reformation years and on sites other than those of the historic parish centres, as these were by the Anglican Church in 1850.Ballylooby had the biggest chapel and was centrally located so the Catholiccommunity in 1813 developing a new church called ChurchofOurLadyandSaintCiaran 2.5km to the north west of Tubbrid, this church replaced a Mass Chapel on the same site, adjacent to this church the village of Ballyloobydeveloped .
The Protestant communityrespondedby building SaintJohn’s, ProtestantChurch in Tubbrid,this was completed c.1820 and functioned as a place of worship for the local ChurchofIreland community until 1919.
Duhill church built 1829/30 is dedicatedto St. John the Baptist
The development of a new direct road from Cahir to Mitchlestown early in the 19th century diverted the Dublin –Cork traffic from the Cahir – Tubrid -Clogheen route and had a negative impact on the development of the village. The great famine followed by the development of the Limerick-Waterford railway line through Cahir in 1851 biased the development trends towards Cahir at the expense of its rural hinterland.
4.2 Parish Folklore
Approx 100/200 words. Any particular folklore that is relevant to this parish and the surrounding area. You may want to include outside links that reference this folklore. eg Duchas.ie for the schools folklore collections.
Emigration was a feature of this area and adjoining parishes since the early nineteenth century. A verse or two of a poem written by John Daly(1881-1663)highlights the impact on the emigrant.TheEmigrant’sFarewelltoClogheen
Dear native land, by fates cruel hand,
Iam forced across the wave;
To toil for goldfrom strangers cold,
Or to find an exile’s grave.
No more I ‘ll climb in summer time,
Thy sides tall Knockmealdown;
While bright green leaves play with the breeze,
In the groves ‘round Clogheen town.
......
No more i’ll stray at break of day,
On the banks of lone Bay Lough,
Nor more from care,pursue the hare,
Through Bohernagore and Craugh;
Oh happy years: With longing tears,
From many an alien scene;
My thoughts will fly to times gone by,
And the groves ‘round Clogheen.
4.3 Parish Townlands
Please list here the NAMES of all the different Townlands in the parish.
Tubrid parishTOWNLANDS
Ballydrinan (O’Drinan’s Homestead) Originally part of Rochestown Parish- site of old church and also ruined castle.(157acres)
Ballylea (O’Hea’sHomestead ). 98 acres
Ballygarran (Milking place by a Grove) 299 acres
Ballyhohan (O’Tuachan’s Homestead) close to St Ciaran’s Well. 146 acres
Ballylaffan (Homestead of Little Pond) 295 acres
Ballynomasna (O’Lomasnk’s Homestead) 383 acres
Ballyverassa (Bryce’s Homestead ) 127acres
Bohernarnane (Road of the Night Work (spinning and Knitting )) 1355 acres
Booleykennedy (O’ Kennedy’s milking place ) 41 acres
Burgess (Burgery (land owned by Burgesses )) 589 acres
Carrigathaha (‘Rock of the swarm of bees’) 291 acres
Clogheenafisfoge (‘The Little rock of the Lark’) The cloichin, by the way is a jutting platform of rock on which the castle stood. 2077 acres
Cranna ‘Stockade’ 310 acres
Crannavone (Tree covered bog ) 239acres
Curraghcloney (‘Meadow swamp ‘ ) 218 acres
Curraghatoor (‘Wet place of the cattle field ) 340acres
Derryvoher (Oak wood of the road) 433 acres
Drumlummin ( Loman’s Ridge)
Kilcoran (Cuaran’s Church) 953 acres
Killinure (Church of Yew tree ) 95 acres
Kilroe (Red coloured wood) 544 acres
Knockane (Little Hill). Ballyloobywasoriginally a placenameinthistownland. 582 acres
Knockaunaspisha 44 acres
Magherareagh ( ‘Grey Plain’) ‘St John’s well’ is located at the southern boundary of this townland. 332 acres
Monroe ‘Red bog’ 85 acres
Parkadereen ‘ Field of the little oak wood’ 61 acres
Poulavaula ‘Hole of the bag’289 acres
Rehill
Rossrehill (RehillShrubbery ) 149acres
Roosca (MooryPlace). Therearesomewhatextensiveremainsof a 16thor17thcenturycastle. 624acres
Scart and Scartbeg (ThicketLittleThicket) . 441acres
Tubrid (Well) 543acres. The original parish was called after this townland. Place names within this townland (a)Stepping Stones (b)The Hurling Green (c)Glebe (near to church) (d) St Ciaran’s Well also close to old church.
Ciaran was a native of the Northern Decies and was baptised by St Declan at this well, close to which in after years he built himself a monastic cell.
Tullaghorton Parish (Castlegrace)
Townlands:
Ballinhalla( The Ferry Homestead). Aboatwasformerlykept hereonthethenunbridged Tar river. 237 acres
Ballintrehy (Homestead of the Stream) 138 acres.
Ballyboy (Bowe’s Homestead). The castle at Ballyboy was one of the main strongholdsof the White Knights by whom it was demolished for strategic reasons c.1597 A.D. Place names in Ballyboy : (a)Parsons Green (b) Tobberaruddery (The Knights Well) (c) Boharfada (Thelong road)
Ballyhist Part of this townland is in Ballybacon parish. 110 acres
Ballyknockane (Homestead of the LittleHill) .The outlaw Brennan (‘BoldBrennan on the Moor) madethisplacehisheadquartersonceupon a time.
Bohernagore (The Road of many turns) . This townland covers the section of the Knockmealdown range that stretches to the county border with Waterford. It includes Baylough (The mouth of the Lake).The lake is a mountain Tarn of great depth and is over hung on the west by high rocky cliffs. In it’s gloomy depths is confined ‘Petticoat Loose’ and for her dark deeds this is her prison as she awaits the Last Day. 1381 acres
Castlegrace (Grace’scastle). Th castle was constructed in the 13th century but only a small portion survives and it was constructed for defence rather than domestic convenience. It was, like Cahir, garrisoned in 1647 by Inchiquin (Cromwellian campaign)
Coolbaun (White Ridge) 98acres
Doughill (BlackWood) 90acres
Garrymore (Greathill) Place names (a) Great hill (b) Field of the Yew tree
Graigue (Village) 881acres
Kilballyboy (Church of O’Boy’s homestead). The church site is close to the river bank.
WhitechurchParish
On thetownland from which the Parish derives its name stands a ruined church and an adjoining graveyard on it’s southern side.
TOWNLANDS
Garryroan (Garden of the moor) .On this townland are no fewer than seven Lioses (Ring Forts), five circular, and one each oval and angular. 448 acres
Loughacutteen (The Commonage Pond). 147acres
Peahill Part of this townland is in the adjacent parish of Tubrid.
Poulaculleare (Quarry Hole) 395 acres.
Placenames include: BloomfieldOldFactory. In 1847 this was opened as a Childrens’Workhouse and was administered as an auxiliary workhouse for ClougheenWorkhouse. It accommodated c.600 inmates . Some of the buildings used as part of the workhouse are still in reasonable condition (in private hands).
Scartanna (Anne’s thicket ) 334 acres
Scartnaglorane (Thicket of the Pig nuts) 1700 acres. Placenamesinclude : (a)Pierces Rock (b) The Englishman’s well.
Tincurry (House of the March) 401 acres. The Childrens Workhouse was known as the’ Tincurry Workhouse’.
Whitechurch Theshapeofthetownlandis unusual, it is very long and narrow. Some of the tombstones in this graveyard have high quality symbols carved in the stone.
4.4a Parish Event 1