Clerihan, Clonmel - Book of County Tipperary, 1889
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Clerihan is a village of about 100 population, in the barony of Iffa and Offa East, 4 miles, Irish, north of Clonmel, its nearest railway station. The land of the district is good for pasture and tillage. Oats and potatoes are the principal crops. Sir John B. Gough’s private residence has an entrance at the head of the village. In the townland of Mullaghmoney, parish of Newchapel, the O'Doherty’s, an important family, once owned a strong castle. Clerihan’s population has reduced more than half in fifty years, and its annual fair, Sept. 30, is no longer held.
Catholic Ch.: Rev. Jas. O’Connell, P.P.; Rev. Ml. Duggan, C.C.
Church of Id.: Rev. Jno. Gaggin
Dispensary: Dr. R. R. O’Brien
Grocers: marked thus [*] retail spirits: Mrs. E. Dunne*, Miss H. Going, Ml. Tobin*
Natnl. League: Denis Hunt, sec.
Post Master: E. M‘Grath
R.I.C.: J. Norris, sergt
Schl. Natl.: Ptk. Hackett, Mrs. My. Mulcahy
Spirit rtlr.: Thos. Griffith
Victualler: D. Flannery
FARMERS AND RESIDENTS.
Ahearne, D., Ballyveelish N
Bates, Edward, Clerihan
Bates, Mrs., Ballybeg
Bates, Thos., Ballyhimikin
Brien, Patk., Shanbally
Burke, Ml., Ballytarsna
Burke, Thos., jun., Donaghmore
Cooney, Edmond, Ballyveelish
Darcy, Thomas, Ballyclerahan
Flannery, James, Lavally U
Fleming, Stphn., Chancellorstown L
Flynn, Giles, Chancellorstown L
Gough, Gen. Sir J. B.,Knockeevan
Hanly, Patrick, Moorstown
Hanrahan, John, Giantsgrave
Hayden, Mrs. C., Graigue
Heffernan, Ed., Mocklerstown
Heffernan, Jno., Mocklerstown
Henneberry, Mrs., Chancellorstown
Henneberry, P., Chancellorstown
Hogan, John, Ballincor, C
Hunt, John, Lavally L
Keating, John, Donaghmore
Lane, Rev. R. (C.C.), Donaghmore
Larkin, Mrs., Ballycornane
Lonergan, Ml., Chancellorstown
Lyons, John, Newchapel
McCraith, Denis, Shanballyard
Mockler, Rev. H. (C.C.),B’clerahan
Mockler, Mrs. Mt., Ballinlough
O’Donnell, Cornelius, Seskin
O’Donnell, Pierce, Seskin
Prendergast, J., Chancellorstown
Ryan, Jer.. Ballyclerahan
Slattery, Edm., Ballyclerahan
Slattery, James, Ballyclerahan
Slattery, John, Ballyclerahan
Waters, Miss B., Coleman