Ballyneal, Carrick-On-Suir - 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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Ballyneal is a rural post office in the parish of Kilmurray, 4 miles, Irish, from Carrick-on-Suir, the nearest railway station. The district is good for pasture and tillage. Ballyneal Castle, an interesting ruin, is situated close to the road from Carrick-on-Suir to Mullinahone, at a distance of about 3 miles, Irish, from the former. A piece of the tower stands immediately behind the modern residence of Mr. John Hyland.
Catholic Ch.: Rev. Rt. Power, P.P.; Rev. Thos. Walsh, C.C.; Rev. M. Power, C.C.
Groceries & Spirits: Jas. Keane
Post M.: John Cooney
School, Nl.: Thos. Grace, Kate Walsh
FARMERS AND RESIDENTS.
Brennan, Jno., Ballyneal
Dealy, Thos., Malough
Dunphy, Mrs., Malough
Fitzgerald, Jas., Malough
Fitzgerald, Wm., Mucranny
Hahessy, Ml., Ballinanna
Hyland, Jno., Ballyneal Castle
Hyland, Miss, Ballyneal
Mandeville, Mrs., Ballyquirken
O’Donnell, Ptk., Ballyneal
Power, Jno., Ballyneal
Rockett, Miss, Ballyneal
Wall, Wm., Mucranny