In 1837, Samuel Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland described Killea like this:
KILLEA, a parish, in the barony of IKERRIN, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Templemore, on the road to Dunkerrin; containing 1491 inhabitants. This parish comprises 3809 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is principally in pasture; it contains limestone and granite. ...
Here is a constabulary police station. Park is the seat of J. Butler, Esq. It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Cashel, forming part of the union of Templemore: the tithes amount to £221. 10. 9 ¼., and the glebe comprises 8 ½ acres. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of Temple-more, and has a chapel at Killea. About 110 children are educated in a public school. Here are some remains of the old church, to which a burial-ground is attached.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Killea, in and County Tipperary | Map and description, A Vision of Ireland through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofireland.org/place/27377
Date accessed: 20th October 2024
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