Cappawhite, 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 629 in 1881.
Cappawhite, in the parish of Toom, barony of Kilnamanagh, upper, is 7 miles, Irish, north of Tipperary, and 5 miles west by north from Dundrum, the nearest railway station. The village rises from both sides of a hollow, and is well built. Some years ago it had considerable notoriety as the scene of faction fights, but in late years none have occurred. Some of the land of the district is fair, and some light. Oats and potatoes are the principal crops. For list of fairs see index. A weekly market for butter, etc., was held some time ago, but it declined. Mr. Vere Hunt and the trustees of Thomas Dowling are the landlords. The parish of Toom was famous down to the sixteenth century, for a priory dedicated to St. Donan. It was granted with possessions by Queen Elizabeth to Miles Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel.
Baker: Ml. Burke
Catholic Ch.: Rev. J. R. Crowe, P.P.; Rev. Dl. Kiely, C.C.
Church of Id.: Rev. H. Brown
Dispensary: Dr. Jos. Fitzgerald
Drapers: Wm. Carew, Thos. Stapleton, Rd. Treacy
Grocers. Marked thus [*] sell spirits, thus [†] hardware, thus [‡] seeds, thus [‖] coal, thus [§] timber: Phil. Doherty†‖§, Thos. Haddick*, D. Heffernan*, Mrs. E. Kilbride*, T. Meagher*, Ml. O’Dwyer*†‡‖§, Ml. Quirk, Geo. Ryan*, Ml. Ryan*, Pat Ryan*, Thos. Ryan*, John Timoney, Rd. Treacy, Wm. White*
Nl. League: Rev. J. R. Crowe, Pres.
Petty Sessions, fortnightly, on Friday: Geo. Slyne, clerk
Post M.: Mrs. E. Kilbride
R.I.C.: Sergt. P. Farrell
School Nl.: Dl. Hayes, Mrs. J. Timoney
Spirit retailers. See also Grocers: Ml. Baragry, Mrs. Bt. Crowe, Dl. Ryan, Miss H. Ryan
FARMERS AND RESIDENTS.
Allis, John, Philipstown
Carmody, Dl., Cahernahallia
Carpenter, Wm., Glassdrum
Coughlin, Thos., Kilmore
Crowe, Patrick, Kilmore
Crowe, T., jun., Clonganhue
Crowe, Thos., Cahernahallia
Crowe, Ty., Moanvaun
Crowe, Ty., Clonganhue
Doherty, Ml., Crossayle
Duggan, James, Ballyhane W
Duggan, Wm., Ballyhane W
Dwyer, Patrick, Crossayle
English, Wm., Philipstown
Fahy, John, Woodbine
Furlong. Geo., Ardnagassane
Hammersley, Matw., Knockane
Hammersley, Mrs., Cahernahallia
Hammersley, Jno., Cahernahallia
Hunt, Vere (J.P.), High Park
Looby, Mrs. B., Philipstown
Maher, Wm., Newtown N
O’Brien, Ml., Philipstown
Purefoy, Wilfred B., Greenfield
Ryan, Daniel, Old Castle
Ryan, Denis, Parkroe
Ryan, James, Oldcastle
Ryan, Mrs. H., Moher
Regan, Mrs. M., Crossayle
Ryan, T. J., Glassdrum
Ryan, Valentine (J.P.), Chadville
Scott, Hugh (J.P.), Kilbeg
Taylor, Philip, Philipstown
Webb, Dr. Rt. A., Cappawhite