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There were two churches in the town. The (Church of Ireland) Church of St. John's, built in 1766, had been the major church in Newport until the building of a 'Mass house' was completed by the end of the 18th century after the relaxing of the penal laws. The Catholic church also called St John's was located on Chapel Lane and built circa 1796. [6]
Road signage on the L2110 local road. Killoscully (Irish: Cill Ó Scolaí) [1] is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. [2] Located approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Newport, overlooked by the Silvermine Mountains, the linear village has a Catholic church, graveyard, community centre and public house. [2]
The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly (Irish: Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in mid-western Ireland, and the metropolis of the eponymous ecclesiastical province. The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Thurles, County Tipperary.
This category is for the geographic or Civil parishes of County Tipperary, Ireland. For church buildings or congregations see Category:Religion in County Tipperary . Republic of Ireland
Civil parishes in Ireland are based on the medieval Christian parishes, adapted by the English administration and by the Church of Ireland. [1] The parishes, their division into townlands and their grouping into baronies, were recorded in the Down Survey undertaken in 1656–58 by surveyors under William Petty.
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The architect was J.J McCarthy; Barry McMullen was the main builder.J.C. Ashlin was responsible for the enclosing walls, railings and much of the finished work. The building has many architectural features, including an impressive rose window, a baptistery, and its most important possession is a tabernacle of Giacomo della Porta, a pupil of Michelangelo.
The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, and was built in 1878. [4] [5] A former Church of Ireland church, now in use as a funeral home, was built in 1856 and closed in 1976. [6] A Sheela na Gig, discovered in Clonoulty's graveyard in the 1980s, is now held in the Bolton Library in Cashel. [7]