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Templepeter

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TEMPLEPETER, a parish, in the barony of FORTH, county of CARLOW, and province of LEINSTER, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlow, on the road to Fennagh, and on the river Burren; containing 349 inhabitants. Granite is plentiful, and the state of agriculture is improving.

The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Leighlin, and in the patronage of the Bishop: the tithes amount to £64. 10. The Protestant inhabitants attend divine service in the parish church of Dunleckney. In the R. C. divisions it is part of the union or district of Dunleckney. There is a private school, in which about 100 children are instructed. The ruins of the old church remain.

from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.

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The Logainm.ie entry for Templepeter.

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

Townlands in Templepeter on townlands.ie

The civil parish of Templepeter contained the townlands of:
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Land & Property

The entry for Templepeter from Griffiths Valuation 1852-3

Tithe Applotment Books 1823/37 for this parish on TNAI

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