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School: Lios na mBroc (roll number 11453)

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Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0562, Page 233

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    Townland of Lisnamrock, Parish of Ballingarry, Barony of Slievardagh, County Tipperary.
    Number of families - twelve
    Number of people - forty five
    Houses slated - nine
    Houses thatched - three
    Number of houses 50 years ago - Eleven.
    Approximate population 50 years ago - Forty-one.
    Number who emigrated for past 50 years - ten
    Number 70 years and over - two.
    The townland contains the site of a church and a graveyard. The graveyard has been levelled and nobody remembers any burials to have take place there. It was a chapel of ease to Ballingarry. Peter's Pence was collected there in the thirteenth century.
    It also contains the site of one of the O'Marnell's Castles given by Cromwell in 1653 to Colonel Langley. The fort from which the name of the townland was derived is situated on Michael Maher's farm.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
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    Location
    Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary