whom the portion of the stone was brought to New Inn cemetery but local tradition points to it as the stone which prevented Cromwell from entering the monastery of Loughkent. The stone in New Inn cemtery measures about 3 feet 2 inches long, 1 foot 4 inches wide and about 9 1/2 inches deep. The marks on the stone are 2 1/8 inches and 1 1/3 inches deep. The stone in Loughkent cemetery is in the boundary wall and measures 2 feet 7 inches long and 6 3/4 inches wide and a depth of the mark is about 3 3/4 inches.
Near the boundary wall of Loughkent are the ruins of an old castle.By James Clifford, Newton, New Inn, Co. Tipperary
From Christopher Clifford Newton New Inn

There are several old Graveyards in our district. They are all used up to the present day except two of them. One of them is a Protestant burial ground and all the others are Catholic. The old Protestant Graveyard in New Inn is not used now. It contains about a quarter of an acre of land. There was an old Protestant church near it in which the people of New Inn used to meet for service. There are about thirty people buried in it, including two Protestant ministers. There was a beautiful pathway running from the Graveyard to the Glebe House. The ministers are buried in beautiful vaults with iorn railings running around them and their coffins are preserved. The rector of New Inn Rev Mr Herbert is buried there with the rector of Knockgraffon. The tombstones are made of stone and are beautifully carved with the emblem the jug and the towel. All the coffins are preserved to the present day and they are buried there hundreds of years. It was all the protestant gentry were buried there.

I know a man in this parish named Mike Melody. He lives about two miles south of the village of Aughrim. He is an old age pensioner, and is the best walker I know of. One morning, he got up and started his journey without eating his breakfast. First of all, he walked to Cappatagle, which was three miles of a walk, and from that to New Inn, which was four miles. After that, he went to Bullaun, and from that to Loughrea. From New Inn to Bullaun was four

Place-names. How New Inn got its name
In olden times there was an inn above where the Barrack is now. Everybody used to go into it because sometimes they would have great sport. After a good many years there was another inn built where Mr. Garvey's shop is now and it was called the new inn and it is from that the townland of New Inn got its name.
There is a place called "Cnoc More". It got its name on account of all the hills. There is another place called Dunmore. It is called after the big fort that was there long ago. Gort le món has that name because there was good turf in it.
Gort Fada got its name because there was good tillage in it

In the years gon by every village had its "famous shocker" and New Inn was no exception. Some fifty years back the villag smithy or forge was owned + worked by the "big men" of the place, the well known Johnny ODea. Johnny was a huge fellow, big, tall, shoulders high + broad, and was the proud possesor of a long flowing beard.
Many a story he told many a tarn is told about him. The following is one of these + is tols as fact. One morn a young farmer living several miles from New Inn, arose very early + started for the Fair of Cashel. he had to pass through New Inn on his way. Nearing the village about 4 am he suddenly espied coming towards him on the road a huge by broad shouldered figure, taking quick long strides. On coming closer the young farmer saw to his horror that the apparition as he thought; it to be, had a jet black face and beard, fierce looking eyes, and two enormous black hands. Giving one terrified yell the poor farmer frantically tured the horses head + made for home like lightening
The frightful long bearded "spectre" closed after him shouting to him to stop. But on

Many years ago a very strange thing occurred in Loughkent Church yard which is about half a mile from New Inn.
While Oliver Cromwell was in Ireland he was passing through Loughkent Church yard. He was riding very quickly and in one part of the grave yard the horse pounced on a big rock and left the full mark of his hoof deeply embedded in it.
Some time afterwards the stone was found there and it was removed to New Inn Church yard where it is to be seen now.

Quite near the village of New Inn stands what is known locally as the "Glebe House." It strikes the ordinary passer by as being a very fine, and apparently well-kept residence, that is judging from outward appearances. So is the house kept in good repair by the owner inw hose family it has been for perhaps a century, and perhaps longer.
Yet, strange to say, this large, airy building situated mid lovely grassy field is not inhabited at all. Nor has any family dwelt there in for many a long year. The vast majority of the inhabitants of New Inn and the surroundings scarcely know anything of thereal reason though many a mone may tell you "Its haunted."
I, too shared in the more or less universal ignorance, or maybe more correctly speaking, indifference until quite recently, when I chanced to meet a very old inhabitant who certainly enlightened me about the

as well as a large number of monks. At the entrance gate there was a large stone and as Cromwell was riding in to demand possession of the monastery it is said that his horse stumbled and fell on the stone. The horse's knees and hooves sank into the stone and neither horse nor rider could move for some time. Some more of the English army came up and after a while the horse and rider were relieved. In the meantime it is said that the monks had escaped with their valuables. Cromwell took possession of the monastery and destroyed it. Some say that a tunnel ran from the monastery and that by this means monks escaped.
The stone remained at the monastery gate for some time afterwards until it was broken in two. One part bearing the marks of the two knees was removed to the new cemetery adjoining New Inn Catholic Church where it now rests. The other part is still at the old cemetery in Loughkent. It is not known by

My townland is Newtown. It is about half a mile from the village of New Inn and about ten miles from Clonmel. It is in the parish of New Inn. There are about two hundred acres of land in it. There are about twelve acres of bogland in it and about six acres under woods and groves. There are about eight families living in it. The spoken language is English and there are no old people able to speak Irish. The houses are thatched but only a few slate houses that were built recently. There is a glebe house and a rectory in it. In the glebe house there lived a Protestant landlord many years ago named Rev. Mr. Herbert. He was also the clergyman of the district. There are the remains of an old castle near the churchyard of Loughkent. This castle was an escape for the monks who lived in Loughkent church. In this castle there is a big manhole and a tunnel leads from it underground.

My townland is Springfield. It is situated in the south east of the parish of New Inn. It is about three miles from New Inn. It is a big townland about two hundred and fifty acres and a population of fifty people. There about ten families living in it and the most common name in it is Doocey. Springfield was owned by a man named Moore O'Farrell who was a great Landlord and a catholic. It is situated about five miles from Cahir and about seven miles from Clommel. In Springfield there are several remains of old houses. There is one bog which contains about six acres of land. There is one pond and one stream which drains the bog. There are rushes growing in it and many snipe live there. In my townland there is also a place called the Gleanreigh which means the valley of the Kings. But the old people say that is was the valley of the wind. Because in the summer when the sun is very hot there is always a breeze there. There is a big fort in it in which the pagan Kings and their armies lived. There are strange paths around the fields which the Kings used to train their armies. There are many pits there from which underground channels lead to each other. In one of those pits there is a big stone which was a mark that where gold

to prevent animals going into it. There are two mounds of earth there and stones at one end which are called monuments. In it there are a number of statues at the heads of graves. Trees are growing in it. It contains half an acre of land. People are buried there still. Around the Catholic Church in New Inn there is a very big grave yard. There are many tombs in it. Railings that are around most of the graves. In it are about a hundred statues. There is a statue or a cross at he head of every grave. Many people are buried there. It contains about a quarter of an acre of land. There is a wall at the road side of it, and a ditch around the rest of it,with big trees growing on top of it.
There is a protestant in New Inn also. It is situated in the tennis grounds at the back of the dance hall. It is only a small grave yard with a few tombstones in it. There is a stone wall going around it and a gate at one end. There are no people buried in it now.

The glebe graveyard is no longer there. It was taken over by the Landlord of New Inn who order all the bodies of the people to be taken up off his land. The little church was demolished because it was a Catholic church. It was built with clay and thatched. It is said the way that the people used to pay their collections was a bundle of straw and a bag of potatoes and other food for the pastors. There were fifteen people burred there with two priests. All the people were taken up and burned in one grave in Loughkent. One priest who was buried there twelve years was exhumed and his body was in a perfect state of preservation. He was not embalmed. He was put in a lead coffin and was buried in a vault in the New Inn Catholic cemetery. There were several beautiful crosses and other ornaments. The people used to kneel on the bare floor but some wealthy people had made seats cut out in wood. the alter was in a very rude affair it was cut out in stone and was covered with clothes. The clothes were also presents and the vestments.

Story: THE RIAN BÓ PHÁDRAIGHWhen St. Patrick was travelling through South Tipperary, there was always a cow driven with him by his servants. The cow calved somewhere between New Inn and Cashel, and the calf was stolen by a Ballybacon man who brought it home immediately. When the cow missed the calf scented it through New Inn and on towards Woodenstown Cross. There she turned to her right and went along the passage that leads to English’s yard and on to Bearna-Dearg Cross. Then she went on Mortelstown Road, past Doolan’s forge, and continued on in the Cahir direction. She overtook the man near Clogheen and took the calf from him . She was so furious that she nearly killed the man. She then returned with the calf.The passage that the cow took in pursuit of her calf was called, “The Rian Bó Phádraigh”. But the name is now nearly forgotten.

A Story Long long ago, beyond the misty space of twice ten years there lived a powerful jumper named William Ryan a native of Ballycarron. He was the talk of the people for being such a good jumper. A brother of his still lives in Ballycarron named Jack Ryan. He won medals and prizes in New-Finn, Golden, Clonmel, Cahir, Tipperary, Grange and Thurles. In New-Inn he won a large stand lamp; in Golden a hall clock, in Clonmel medals and a large looking glass. In Cahir; he won two big ornaments; in Tipperary a suit of clothes; in Grange a silver tray and in Thurles a cruet stand. So he was well know everywhere.

is made, the people clap their hands and say they agree with the bargin. The fairs are not held in castles, the are held in the streets, or in a fair green. There is a fair in Cappatagle twice every year. There is one on 13th of May and one on the 28th of October. Buyers come Buyers come from many parts of Ireland to buy cattle and sheep there. There is a fair in New Inn on the 8th of every second month.

Local fairs are held in Cappataggle, New Inn, Ballinasloe and Loughrea. Sometimes the buyers buy cattle before the fair. When the bargain

There are fairs held at Aughrim, Cappatagle, Ballinasloe, Loughrea, and new Inn. Fairs are usually held in towns. A town fair is held in a big field called a green

owned by Mrs. Sadlier, Ballydoyle, Rosegreen, Cashel, Co Tipperary, in the barony of middle third.
[?Workenstown?] castle is in the parish of New Inn, Cahir, Co Tipperary and it partly escaped being wrecked by Cromwell. Families lived there from time to time and is now occupied by Mr. Richard Stapleton.
Loughkent church is situated north of New Inn. This was destroyed by Cromwell and it is said that he entered the church on horseback, tracks of the horse's hooves remaining on the flags and stones and can be seen still. Long ago lights were seen in and around the church and ruins regularly. They were seen by Mr. John Crowe and later by Mr. James Moloney.
There is another ruin in Killvagh owned by Mr. Crowe known as

One night there was a man coming home from a dance in New Inn. As he as passing a glen in Knockgriffon, he heard someone hurling and he said he would look to see how was hurling so late. As he went into the field all the fairies came marching around him holding their hurleys up as high as they could. The man was frightened but he couldn't do anything. This man fell down on the ground and the fairies put a lump on his back and he was found dead in bed next morning.

Kevin Higgins
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New Inn
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New Inn
Co. Galway